India, China complete troops pull-back from border face-off points, Indian defence official says

(Corrects dateline to Oct 30)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points on their disputed Himalayan frontier in the Indian territory of Ladakh, an Indian defence official said on Wednesday.

The nuclear-armed neighbours reached a deal last week on patrolling the frontier to end a four-year military stand-off, paving the way for improved political and business ties between them.

(This story has been refiled to fix the dateline to Oct. 30)

(Reporting by Krishn Kaushik; Writing by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by YP Rajesh)