Galwan Conflict: China lays whole blame on India

June 17, 2020

New Delhi/Beijing: Even as India and China are maintaining close communication over the deadly clashes in Galwan valley on June 16, Beijing on Wednesday laid the whole blame on India for the conflict that resulted casualties on both sides, 20 on the Indian side. The figures of the Chinese soldier were not officially available.

The incident was very clear, as it happened on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the responsibility did not rest with China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at the regular press briefing in Beijing.

Beijing had yesterday warned India against making any ”unilateral” move, that could ”complicate” the border situation whereas India had charged China of having unilaterally changed the status quo at LAC, and asserted that the Indian Army was fully capable of ensuring the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Twenty Indian Army men, including officers, were killed in a violent clash with Chinese People’s Liberation Army troops in Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh on Monday night.“17 Indian troops who were critically injured in the line of duty at the standoff location and exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain have succumbed to their injuries, taking the total that were killed in action to 20,” the Army had said.

These are the first casualties faced by the Indian Army in clash with the People’s Liberation Army since 1975 when an Indian patrol was ambushed by Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh.

On Monday, Brigade Commander and company level talks were held in Eastern Ladakh between India and China. The talks are happening near patrolling point 14, near the mouth of Galwan Valley and patrolling point 17 at Hot Spring Area.

–India News Stream