Disengagement going 'smoothly': China

China on Monday said the implementation of the agreement with India to disengage troops in eastern Ladakh is going "smoothly at the moment", but declined to comment on the resumption of patrolling at Depsang and Demchok .

"Chinese and Indian troops are implementing the resolutions the two sides reached on issues concerning the border area, which is going smoothly at the moment," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing in Beijing. She declined to answer a question on the commencement of patrolling in the two areas by Indian troops.