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India, China Agree to Cool Border Tensions

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - India and China have agreed to cool tensions along their
   disputed Himalayan border following their worst border clash in 50
   years that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

   Indian army officials said on Tuesday "there was mutual consensus to
   disengage" following marathon talks held the previous day between
   military commanders of the two countries. The officials told local
   media that the "modalities for'¯disengagement from all friction areas
   in eastern Ladakh are being discussed and will be taken forward by both
   sides."

   Large contingents of Indian and Chinese forces are confronting each
   other at three strategic points in eastern Ladakh, a barren icy desert
   in the Himalayas along their disputed border.

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