Both sides agree in the call between China's Wang Yi and India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to 'deal fairly' with the events in the Galwan Valley and maintain peace in border areas.
'DEAL FAIRLY.' An Indian army convoy makes way towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on June 17, 2020. Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP
if it suffered any casualties in the first deadly clashes at the border in decades, although Indian media said at least 40 Chinese troops were killed or seriously hurt. The incident, which took place Monday, June 15, at around 4,500 meters in the Galwan valley area dominated India's tub-thumping rolling news channels on Wednesday, and inflamed social media.
Sources told AFP that military transport aircraft had made a number of rare night-time landings in Leh, capital of India's Ladakh region opposite China's Tibet throughout Tuesday night, June 16.The clashes reportedly involved intense hand-to-hand fighting but no gunfire, in line with longstanding practices aimed at avoiding a full military confrontation over the disputed 3,500-kilometer border.
Beijing said Indian troops"crossed the border line twice...provoking and attacking Chinese personnel," while an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said the clash arose from"an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo" on the border.The United States – which has mounting frictions with China, but sees India as an emerging ally – said it was hoping for a"peaceful resolution.
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