Despite an agreement reached last year between India and China to address a military standoff at a disputed border with China, India says it will not decrease its winter troop deployment there. Beijing has also kept a strong military presence along the line of actual control.
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00:00India says it will not reduce its winter troops along a disputed border with China, despite
00:06a previous agreement to resolve a military standoff there.
00:09The border area in the Himalayas saw a series of deadly clashes in 2020.
00:14Following that, Delhi and Beijing signed a deal that led to some troop withdrawals late
00:19last year.
00:20But the situation along the line of actual control still suggests a significant military
00:25presence on both sides.
00:27India's army chief says any decision regarding troop deployment in the future will depend
00:31on his country's negotiations with China.