Diplomacy finally won the day as India and China ended their three-week stand-off in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector in eastern Ladakh.
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At the last of a series of flag meetings which took place at 4 p.m. on Sunday, commanders from both sides shook hands and ordered their troops, facing each other 300 metres away, to dismantle their tents.
This was preceded by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) here working the phones and Indian Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar going to the Chinese Foreign Office twice to hold talks.
