2013 Depsang standoff

2013 Depsang standoff
	Part of China–India relations
	; 1988 CIA map of the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
Date	15 April – 5 May 2013
Location	Burtsa Nala Valley (天南河谷; 'Tiannan River Valley'), China–India LAC, Ladakh–Aksai Chin35°09′23″N 78°07′53″E
Result	Chinese withdrawal
Commandeers and Belligerents
India Indian Army	China People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Commanders and leaders
Manmohan Singh; General Bikram Singh, IA	Xi Jinping; General Chen Bingde, PLA
Units involved
Northern Command	Lanzhou MR
Casualties and losses
None	None

The 2013 Depsang standoff, also called 2013 Depsang incursion, or 2013 Daulat Beg Oldi incident, was an incursion and sit-in by a platoon-sized contingent of the Chinese PLA in the dry river bed of Raki Nala, in the Depsang Bulge area, 30 km south of Daulat Beg Oldi near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the disputed Aksai Chin region.

Indian forces responded to the Chinese presence by quickly establishing their own encampment 300 metres (980 ft) away. Negotiations between China and India lasted nearly three weeks, during which the Chinese position was supplied by trucks and supported by helicopters. The dispute was resolved on 5 May with Chinese withdrawal. As part of the resolution, the Indian military agreed to refrain from constructing bunkers 250 km away in the Chumar sector, which the Chinese perceived as threatening.

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