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A fourth meeting between top Indian and Chinese commanders scheduled in the future down the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is expected to pay attention to the critical Finger Area as well as the strategic Depsang plains, having a complex disengagement process that began after previous military talks on June 30 progressing smoothly in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, two officials informed about the developments said on Thursday, speaking about the condition on anonymity.

While the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) retracted 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 among the officials cited above. The Indian Army, too, has retracted proportionately in these friction areas.

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

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The Finger Area is going to be at the centre from the next round of military discussions between the corps commander-ranked officers, with Depsang also figuring prominently about the Indian agenda, said another official.

“Disengagement at Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra looked doable in the first place. The Finger Area is when negotiations could drag out as Chinese troops have dug inside their heels in Finger 4. Obtaining the PLA to retreat in the Depsang sector is equally critical from the Indian perspective,” he was quoted saying.

The Finger Area, which is the term for a couple of eight cliffs jutting from the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, continues to be biggest test and hardest part of the disengagement process, as stated by HT on Thursday.

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

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The military is keeping a strict vigil across the contested border from the Depsang sector the location where the PLA’s forward presence is a couple of serious concern and where a 2013 Chinese intrusion blocked the access of Indian soldiers to several patrolling routes, including the ones bringing about PPs-10, 13, 12, 11 and 11A.

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

The Indian focus really should not be seen on disengagement but on restoration of status quo ante (the specific situation because it existed during the early April) in these two important areas, Hooda said.

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