India and China have started pulling back armoured elements – tanks and infantry combat vehicles – from heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso, people familiar with the disengagement plan in New Delhi said.
Troops are still holding positions on these strategic heights, they said on the condition of anonymity after the Chinese defence ministry announced in Beijing that the troops had started to disengage along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near the salt-water lake. Read More…