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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, with the two leaders highlighting the need to resolve the four-year-old military stand-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with “purpose and urgency”
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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