NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 -- Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged sweets on Diwali as a goodwill gesture along the line of actual control (LAC) that stretches from Ladakh to Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Tuesday.

The Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) carried out the ritual last Diwali too after the two sides completed their disengagement from Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, then the last two flashpoints along the LAC, the officials added.

"China and India troops exchanged sweets at LAC on Diwali, marking a gesture of goodwill between the two sides," spokesperson of Chinese embassy in Delhi Yu Jing wrote on X on Tuesday.

The exchange of sweets on festivals and other important national days cam...