Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Tensions exist between Indian and Chinese (PLA) soldiers. The two countries’ armies have reportedly clashed on the Himalayan border.
Several people were even injured. This happened last Friday.
To collect Reuters, clashes took place in the Tawang sector, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, the eastern tip of India on the border with China. This is a disputed border and has long been a source of friction between New Delhi and Beijing.
In its latest statement on Tuesday, India’s defense ministry said the PLA provoked it first. Where the PLA unilaterally wants to change the border status quo by trying to cross the effective Line of Control (LAC), the de facto one of the two countries.
“The confrontation … led to a physical fight,” Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said CNN InternationalWednesday (14/12/2022).
“Where the Indian Army bravely stopped the PLA from encroaching on our territory and forced them back to their posts,” he added.
However, he admitted that every regional commander had gone into the field. The commander of each country held a flag meeting.
“According to a structured mechanism to restore peace and tranquility,” he explained.
He asked China to exercise restraint and maintain peace and quiet along the border. This issue, he added, was also being handled through diplomatic channels.
China’s Foreign Ministry did not directly acknowledge the incident. In a regularly scheduled press conference on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping’s government called its borders stable.
“As far as we know, the border area between China and India is generally stable, and the two sides have maintained regular communication on border-related issues through diplomatic and military channels,” spokesman Wang Wenbin said, asking reporters on Thursday. “competent authorities” of “specific thing”.
This is the latest confrontation after brutal hand-to-hand combat that took place in June 2022. The two armies have engaged in hand-to-hand combat in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, bordering the Chinese-controlled Tibetan Plateau.
At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed. China itself admits that there have been injuries, although it refuses to give exact details.
“Chinese troops hit our male soldier on the head with a metal rod wrapped in barbed wire,” an Indian military official told BBC International at the time.
“Our guys are fighting with bare hands,” he said again.
India and China effectively contested claims to the 3,800 km border area on a line known as the “Line of Effective Control (LAC). War also broke out in 1962.
“The showdown represents a complete breakdown of trust between the two sides,” said Wall Street Journal defense analyst NC Bipindra.
“Peace along the LAC lines is no longer possible until border issues are addressed,” he added.
In addition to India, China is also in tension in Asia with a number of ASEAN countries and Taiwan on the same issue. This is especially true for the South China Sea (SCS), where China claims 90% of its waters.
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