Indian and Chinese troops suffer injuries in a border clash, Indian army says, the first such incident since the deadly clash between the two neighbours in June 2020
Neither the Chinese foreign ministry nor its embassy in New Delhi responded to a request seeking comment.
"Both sides immediately disengaged from the area," the army said on Monday, adding that the incident was followed by its commander in the area holding a meeting with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the issue. "There was hand-to-hand fighting between Chinese and Indian troops on Dec 9. Indian troops stopped PLA troops from entering our territory," he said."As far as we understand, the China-India border situation is stable overall," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, adding the two sides "maintained unobstructed dialogue on the border issue through diplomatic and military channels.
The un-demarcated 3,800 km frontier between the Asian giants has stayed largely peaceful since a war in 1962, before the clashes two years ago sent relations nose-diving.In June 2020, Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a hand-to-hand combat in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, abutting the Chinese-held Tibetan plateau.
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