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Rishikesh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202103031082240640-ladakh-to-remain-sore-spot-in-india-china-relations-despite-hardware-withdrawal-us-official-says/ India and China have been withdrawing heavy machinery and some permanent structures erected along the Line of Actual Control during the Ladakh stand-off since 10 February. The two countries agreed last week to establish a hotline communication to avoid in the future the kind of clashes which have flared up in Ladakh. Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, the director for intelligence of US Indo-Pacific Command, has said that the Ladakh region "will continue to be a sore spot between the two nuclear powers [India and China]”, although he agrees that the likelihood of severe clashes between...
