India and China agree to end border stand-off
New Delhi
INDIA and China have agreed to an "expeditious disengagement" of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India's foreign ministry said on Monday.
The decision comes ahead of a summit of the Brics nations - a grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and South Africa - in China beginning this Sunday, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend.
Indian and Chinese troops have been confronting each other at the Doklam plateau near the borders of India, its ally Bhutan, and China, in the most serious and prolonged stand…
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