Buddhen basically forced both sides for ceasefire. Can't find the exact article, but US Admin basically said to shake hands and make up.
Similar article (not the one I remember) -
'This is a positive step towards greater peace and stability in South Asia, which is in our shared interest and we encourage both countries to keep building upon this progress,' the White House Press Secretary said
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Also the argument that we are following ceasefire due to "pressure" from China is invalid because -
- Even in the most dire conditions of COVID & China crisis (June-Dec 2020) we did not try for ceasefire.
- Ceasefire is not unilateral. If we are following ceasefire, Pakistan is also following it. Only very recently there were few minor violations which were replied back in kind.
- If we are really "afraid" of China, Pakistan should ideally exploit this situation to needle us more & ramp up their offensive.
Honestly we have ample force in J&K to fight a defensive gruelling war on 2-fronts. We are not afraid.
murican backed commentariat want to take credit for everything, they even tried to project those 30k winter clothing as some sort of game changer during LAC 2020-21 stand off.
sequence i remember goes like this for early 2021 :
-LAC disengagement commences from eye to eye stand off
-IA wanted to move mathura corps to LAC
-Cease fire announcement happens in late feb 21.
-biden announces afghan withdrawal in apr 21.
-afghan withdrawal completes in sep 21.
even if we are to assume muricans played some role, it is more likely that they were doing it in their self interest, as in they sounded out ISI to make preparations on guarding durand line ,India-pak ceasefire was secondary. looking back we can also see how,ISI either misread the situation as a victory of their strategic depth or the posturing backfired.