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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled next week along the contested Type of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is expected to spotlight the critical Finger Area along with the strategic Depsang plains, with a complex disengagement method that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials familiar with the developments said on Thursday, speaking for the condition on anonymity.

As the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pulled back 2km from Patrolling Point 14 (Galwan Valley) and PP-15 (Hot Springs) the 2009 week, an identical retreat was completed at PP-17 (Gogra) on Thursday, said one of the officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has pulled back proportionately in these friction areas.

It can’t be seen as disengagement, he said, although the army has observed some thinning of PLA troops, removal and vehicles of structures from a key spur in the Finger Area near Pangong Tso over the last 48 hours.

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The Finger Area will be at the centre in the next round of military discussions relating to the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently on the Indian agenda, said another official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable in the first place. The Finger Area is where negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug of their heels in Finger 4. Getting the PLA to retreat from the Depsang sector is every bit critical through the Indian perspective,” he said.

The Finger Area, which refers to a collection of eight cliffs jutting from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, remains the biggest make sure challenging part of the disengagement process, reported by HT on Thursday.

The army would patrol right up to Finger 8 that New Delhi considers within Indian territory, before the PLA grabbed positions on Finger 4 overlooking Indian deployments. The modern positions held through the PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers 4 and 8 are 8km apart.The Indian claim line in this sector reaches to Finger 8, whilst the Chinese claim is about Finger 4 .

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The army is keeping a rigid vigil down the contested border within the Depsang sector the place that the PLA’s forward presence is a a few serious concern and where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to a few patrolling routes, such as ones bringing about PPs-10, 13, 12, 11 and 11A.

“With disengagement successfully completed in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the military commanders will now get down to the harder challenging discussions across the Finger Area and Depsang plains,” said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The Indian focus mustn't be seen on disengagement but on restoration of establishment ante (the situation mainly because it existed in early April) of these two important areas, Hooda said.

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