The talks in Beijing between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and senior Chinese officials including Foreign Minister Wang Yi are a welcome step in the ongoing normalisation of India-China relations, especially as both countries mark 75 years of diplomatic ties this year.

The broader context of Misri’s Beijing visit, however, lies in the four-year-long disengagement process which concluded in November last year with the patrolling agreement for Demchok and Depsang — two friction points following China’s incursions into eastern Ladakh along the

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