MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian and Chinese soldiers suffered minor injuries in clash in Tawang sector of Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on December 9, the Indian Army said on Monday , first Such incident since deadly A clash between the two neighbors in June 2020.
is located in Arunachal Pradesh on eastern tip of India and shares Limit with China.
Both sides immediately disengage from the area followed by their commander, the military added in The area Meeting with Chinese counterpart to discuss issue.
A spokesman for India’s foreign ministry did not respond to a request for commentwhile he was the official spokesperson for the defence declined to me comment on wounded by an Indian or a Chinese soldiers during skirmishes.
Neither the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor its embassy in New Delhi responded to the request seeking comment.
The unmarked border between Asia, which is 3,800 kilometers (2,360 miles) long giants It has remained largely peaceful since the war in 1962, before the clashes two years earlier, relations had sunk.
In June 2020, Indian and Chinese forces took part in hand by hand combat in Galwan Valley of Ladakh, which borders the Chinese-controlled Tibetan plateau.
accident led to death of 20 Indian soldierswhile China suffered an undisclosed number of injuries. The two sides agreed to disengage from the disputed party area along the Himalayan border in September this year.
For a long time, forces on Both sides adhered to long-standing protocols avoid The use of No firearms along the de facto border known as the Line of actual control.
(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar) in Mumbai, Krishna Das in New Delhi; Additional reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi and Eduardo Baptista in Beijing. Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Arun Koyoor
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