00:00India is seeking a permanent solution to their decades-old border dispute with China.
00:06On the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defense Minister's meeting in Chengdao,
00:12Defense Minister Rajnav Singh met with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jin,
00:17stressing the need for a structured roadmap to resolve tensions.
00:23A four-point plan was proposed which includes strict adherence to the 2024 disengagement
00:29agreement signed in October last year, covering the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh.
00:34The plan also called for de-escalation along the line of actual control
00:38and to fast-track negotiations to finalise the boundary delineation process
00:43while addressing trust deficit emerging from the 2020 border standoff.
00:48China and India share a 3,800-kilometre disputed border in the Himalayas and have fought a war over it.
00:55While the frontier has remained peaceful in recent decades,
00:59a deadly clash in 2020 killed 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers.
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