Swift disengagement

With reference to the editorial, “Success at Doklam” (August 29), the leaderships of India and China showed statesmanship and sagacity not just in preventing the stand-off from snowballing into a full-blown military conflict but also in ending the impasse without embarrassing either nation ahead of the BRICS summit in Xiamen.

The swift disengagement of border personnel by India and the suspension, if not shelving, of road construction by China formed the crux of the compromise formula. The troop pull-out was not exactly a climb-down by India as it succeeded in restoring the status quo. The right to patrol the area was