Both sides also agree to maintain regular contact through diplomatic and military channels
India and China have held another round of discussions on how to achieve complete disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector (Eastern Ladakh region).
 
Meeting in Beijing for the 29th edition of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) on March 27, 2024, senior officials from both sides also talked about resolving the remaining issues along the LAC.

They also agreed to maintain regular contact through diplomatic and military channels.

"The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on how to achieve complete disengagement and resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector of India-China border areas," India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday (March 28, 2024).
 
In the interim, both sides agreed to maintain regular contact through diplomatic and military channels and on the need to uphold peace and tranquility on the ground in the border areas in accordance with existing bilateral agreements and protocols, the MEA added.

Joint Secretary (East Asia) from the MEA led the Indian delegation. The Chinese delegation was led by the Director General of the Boundary & Oceanic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
Ongoing Talks on Disengagement Along the LAC
 
The 21st round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point, on February 19, 2024.

India and China agreed to maintain peace and tranquility on the ground in the border areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh during this round of Corps Commander level. Both sides also agreed to continue communication through both military and diplomatic channels.
 
In June 2020, a tense standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh had led to a violent face-off in the Galwan Valley. Twenty Indian soldiers had lost their lives. A large number of Chinese troops were also killed though China has never officially confirmed the actual number of deaths.
 
Multiple rounds of talks since then have led to a disengagement at several places, including in Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso, and Gogra-Hot Springs (PP-15). 

The last few rounds of Corps Commander-level talks have, however, seen no announcement of any fresh disengagement along the remaining friction points along LAC in the Western Sector in the Eastern Ladakh region.
 
Last year, meeting on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 24, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping that respecting the LAC is essential for normalising India-China bilateral ties.