The disengagement process of the Indian and Chinese troops in a tense area of their contested border has been completed, local media reported on Friday.

India’s defense minister said Thursday that they urged Beijing to sincerely implement an understanding they reached previously to completely disengage forces from the Ladakh region.

China has accused Indian forces of crossing into its territory along their disputed border, reports AP.

Experts have warned that nuclear-armed India and China could unintentionally slide into ward as a monthslong military standoff in their disputed mountain border prolongs, reports AP.

Defence ministers of India and China have met in the Russian capital to try to solve rising tensions along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region, reports AP.

China and India have made positive progress in their latest talks on a long-running border dispute that turned deadly in last month, a Chinese official said.