India, China agree on patrolling deal at disputed border

The governments of India and China have agreed to a patrolling arrangement along the disputed border area in the Himayalas, New Delhi's top diplomat said on Monday, DW reports.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that a border area pact could lead to disengagement and resolution of tensions that sparked a deadly confrontation in 2020.

Misri said diplomatic and military negotiators from the two countries have held rounds of talks over the past few weeks.

The dialogue, Misri said, resulted in consensus on "patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas leading to disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had risen in these areas in 2020."

Misri did not provide any further details on what the patrolling arrangements would entail.

News of the pact comes ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia for the BRICS summit where he could hold sideline talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping._Agencies.