Manoj Kewalramani quoted in Arab News on the withdrawal of troops from the Indo-China border

Manoj Kewalramani, the Chairperson of the Indo-Pacific Programme at Takshashila was quoted in Arab News saying:

“What we have today is simply a step back from eyeball confrontation,” Kewalramani told Arab News. “We are far from any sense of normalcy.

“I see this as a positive development in that, today, both sides have disengaged from friction points, but this is not a return to normalcy and nor is it a return to the status quo ante,” Kewalramani continued. “The disengagement, however, does create some room for both Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi to engage politically at the SCO summit.”

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