New Delhi, Jan 26 (TIWN) India and China have agreed to push for an early disengagement of the frontline troops at disputed border areas across Line of Actual Control, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.

“The two sides agreed to push for an early disengagement of the frontline troops,” a joint statement issued by India’s defence ministry said.  The nuclear-armed neighbours deployed thousands of troops in the remote snow deserts of Ladakh last summer when tensions flared after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in hand-to-hand combat. The Chinese suffered an undisclosed number of casualties.