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Chinese and Indian soldiers fought for three hours in the disputed area of Ladakh last weekend, the Indian police source said.
About 500 Chinese soldiers on the night of August 29 attempted to enter the narrow Spanggur Valley, near the town of Chushul in eastern Ladakh, the disputed area between China and India on the Reality Control Highway (LAC), police sources. India said on August 31 Telegraph. The Indian army deployed a response force and the three-hour fight broke out between the two sides.
The police officer said that Indian troops pushed back Chinese forces through LAC after the clash. An Indian special forces battalion received retaliatory orders on Aug. 30 and seized a Chinese barracks on a hill around Pangong Tso Lake the next morning, the unidentified source said.
The source did not give details of the confrontation and did not reveal whether the two sides suffered casualties.
On August 31, the Indian government accused China of carrying out “provocative military activities” three months after “the Chinese army annexed 60 square kilometers of Indian territory in Ladakh.”
Mock rescue of Indian (dark green uniform) and Chinese (golden brown military uniform) soldiers in the Chushui-Moldo region, Ladakh area, February 2016. Image: PTI.
However, at a press conference the same day, China’s Foreign Ministry denied allegations that the country’s military would cross LAC, the de facto border between the world’s two most populous countries. China claims that Indian troops are occupying its territory.
“The Indian measure seriously violates China’s territorial sovereignty, seriously undermines the peace and stability of the China-India border area. China strongly opposes this,” said Colonel Truong Thuy. Loi, the spokesman for China’s Western War Zone Command.
“We officially ask the Indian side to immediately withdraw the number of soldiers crossing the border illegally, strictly control and restrain front-line soldiers, strictly abide by our commitments and prevent the situation from escalating,” said the colonel. Truong.
An Indian police source warned that the border situation with China is likely to escalate after Indian troops “opened a new front” and pushed Chinese soldiers into the area near the village of Chushul.
India’s Defense Ministry said commanders from both sides met along the border on August 31 to resolve the dispute. The Defense Ministry also reiterated the country’s commitment to dialogue, but warned “with the same determination in the protection of its territorial integrity.”
“We have never had a problem here, we monitor the area very closely,” said former Indian Army Lieutenant General Deependra Singh Hooda. “After a period of relative calm, China suddenly opened a whole new front. It was a provocation on a grand scale.”
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar warned that tensions with China are at their highest since the two countries agreed to cease fire after the 1962 Indochina War, killing thousands of soldiers.
Location of disputed areas between India and China. Graphics: Telegraph.
The Global Times, a spokesperson for the Communist Party of China, published an editorial today in which India was the first provocateur. “India says they have blocked Chinese military activity. The word ‘intercept’ shows that the Indian soldiers committed the negative behavior first and began to be tense this time,” wrote the Global Times.
The Global Times warned that India would face “a powerful China” and the military “enough to protect every inch of land,” and said New Delhi “should not be fooled” with Washington’s support. “If India wants to make a military attack, the Chinese army will certainly cost them much more than in 1962.”
At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in Friday’s fight in the Galwan Valley, between China’s Aksai Chin and India-controlled Ladakh. This is the first deadly clash across LAC in at least 45 years, with Chinese soldiers allegedly attacking Indian soldiers with metal bars.
Indochinese soldiers have fought in the border areas many times over the years, but they did not use weapons or open fire. After the confrontation, Indian and Chinese defense officials conducted negotiations to cool down the border situation and avoid a conflict.
However, India and China are believed to still deploy many weapons in border areas, such as fighters, military helicopters, radar radar, shoulder-mounted air defense missiles, and other air defense systems. Neither country commented on the information.
Nguyen tien (According to the Telegraph / Global Times)
