Since early May, there have been high conflicting incidents between India and China; starting with multiple Chinese intrusions into Indian territory in eastern Ladakh. They were aggravated by a turbulent border clash on 15 June that resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian and an undisclosed number of Chinese troops.
It is possible that senior diplomats from both countries could hold a fresh meeting on Friday, a person familiar with the matter said, to try and speed up the process of de-escalation and disengagement between troops along their common border.
The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border affairs could follow a little more than a week after talks between senior military commanders if the meeting happens, and also due to the disengagement processes started by pull-back of troops from each side earlier this month that hit an apparent hurdle with the Chinese side refusing to proceed on lines of the agreed withdrawal plan.
Two people aware of the matter suggest that Chinese troops are yet to move back from patrolling point 17A and from heights, they occupy at finger 4 on the banks of the Pangong Tso lake though some of the Chinese soldiers have pulled back to finger 5. Fingers refer to mountain folds jutting out into the scenic lake in eastern Ladakh, one-third of which is under Indian control and two thirds under Chinese control.
WMCC held the last round of talks on 24 June, wherein the withdrawal plane had been outlined by senior military commanders after hours of discussion over several sessions, with the last round of them the previous week.
Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi – both of whom are special representatives of India and China, had a conversation over the series of incidents and are tasked with finding a solution to the border clashes between the two countries.

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