China/India/Kashmir: India and China Step Back From Standoff in Kashmir

Sep 16, 2014 | Hari Kumar, The New York Times
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NEW DELHI — India and China have agreed to defuse the nearly three-week-old standoff between troops in the disputed border region of Ladakh, Kashmir, the Indian foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, told reporters on Friday after meeting in New York with her Chinese counterpart.The two sides agreed to begin withdrawing troops immediately to the positions they occupied on Sept. 1, Ms. Swaraj said.