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The Ladakh thaw widens into diplomacy even as military mistrust remains
Key takeaways
- The 2024 Depsang-Demchok breakthrough reduced immediate crisis risk, but it did not settle the underlying boundary dispute or remove the larger military buildup along the LAC.
- The practical test now is whether patrol access, grazing rights, and troop de-escalation move closer to pre-2020 conditions rather than freezing a new restricted status quo.
- Border stability is now affecting wider India-China diplomacy through BRICS and SCO contacts, which means any new patrol incident could quickly spill into a broader relationship reset.
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