Indian and Chinese forces sustained injuries in clash, Indian defence ministry says

Indian and Chinese forces injured each different successful disputed territory implicit caller days, the Indian defence ministry said, successful the astir superior borderline skirmish betwixt the 2 nations since deadly hostilities successful 2020.

New Delhi's defence ministry said that injuries were sustained by "a fewer unit connected some sides," aft Indian troops connected Dec. 9 prevented their Chinese counterparts from entering the Tawang assemblage of Arunachal Pradesh, a northeastern Indian territory that China claims arsenic portion of Southern Tibet.

"The Chinese broadside was asked to refrain from specified actions and support bid and tranquility on the border," India's defence ministry said. "The contented has besides been taken up with the Chinese broadside done diplomatic channels."

Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin characterized the concern astatine the India-China borderline arsenic "generally stable," according to Reuters.

The incidental marks the astir superior escalation astatine the frontier betwixt the Asian countries since the clashes of June 2020, which saw 20 Indian soldiers killed and undisclosed numbers of Chinese casualties.

On Sept. 9, India's Ministry of External Affairs said New Delhi and Beijing had agreed that some parties would disengage from the Gogra-Hot Springs country of the contested Ladakh portion administered by India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping precocious met and shook hands astatine the G-20 acme successful Bali, video footage shows.