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China, India blame each other for failed negotiations over border tensions

2021-10-11T10:50:34.704Z


China and India blamed each other on Monday, October 11, for the failure of negotiations aimed at easing military tensions along their border ...


China and India blamed each other on Monday (October 11th) for the failure of negotiations aimed at easing military tensions along their disputed border in the Himalayas.

After decades of tension, a deadly clash unfolded in June 2020 in the Galwan Valley.

More than 20 Indian soldiers had been killed and the Chinese army had reported four dead in its ranks.

Read alsoChina broadcasts images of its deadly clash with India

The high-altitude incident on the border of Tibet and the Indian region of Ladakh had been the most serious between the two nuclear powers since the 1962 blitzkrieg - which saw China trump India.

Senior military officials from both countries have regular talks to ease tensions.

If they sometimes produce advances, the most recent, the first in two months, have just been completed without any progress.

A still fuzzy border

Faced with "

Chinese goodwill

", the Indian military made "

unreasonable and unrealistic demands

," said Long Shaohua, a spokesperson for the Chinese army, in a statement, without specifying what these requests were. In response, the Indian Ministry of Defense said that China was "

unwilling

" during the negotiations to discuss "

constructive suggestions

" and could not provide "

any proposal for the future

". According to India, however, the two armies have agreed to maintain contact and maintain stability on the border.

The Line

of Actual Control (

LAC), the de facto border between India and China, is not clearly demarcated and these two countries regularly accuse each other of encroaching on the territory of China. 'other. The latest talks focused on resolving "

residual problems

" in eastern Ladakh and southern Tibet, according to India's defense ministry.

The head of the Indian army said in early October that Beijing had sent a "

considerable number

" of soldiers to the border, leading New Delhi to deploy an equivalent number of men.

His comments came days after a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, accused Indian soldiers of illegally crossing the border into Chinese territory.

A charge rejected by New Delhi.

Indian media reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that nearly 100 Chinese soldiers crossed the border into Uttarakhand state for several hours in late August.

Source: lefigaro

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