China and India agree to disengage at disputed border

Foreign ministers issue joint statement after meeting in Moscow, promising to avoid actions that may escalate the situation'

India and China have agreed to disengage as soon as possible" after troops were involved in a series of clashes at their disputed Himalayan border, according to a joint statement from the two countries.

The nuclear-armed neighbours accused each other this week of firing shots across the contested border in Ladakh, known as the line of actual control (LAC), intensifying a months-long standoff that has already claimed at least 20 lives.