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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council meeting
Mr. Jaishankar told Mr. Wang that it was important that the “Line of Actual Control must be respected and peace and tranquillity in the border areas always ensured”
Line of Actual Control (LAC)
The LAC serves as the boundary separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory.
India asserts the length of the LAC to be 3,488 km, whereas China contends it to be approximately 2,000 km
This demarcation is categorized into three sectors:
Eastern sector encompassing Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Middle sector spanning Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Western sector located in Ladakh.
The primary dispute regarding the LAC arises from its alignment in different sectors.
The LAC in the eastern sector follows the 1914 McMahon Line with minor disputes about ground positions
Major disagreements exist in the Western sector
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