China and India on Thursday, September 10 , agreed to abide by the agreement to avoid any action that could aggravate the situation around the border conflict. This is stated in a statement following a meeting held in Moscow between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart Subramaniyam Jaishankar.
China called on India to stop any provocations on the border, to withdraw troops as soon as possible and to resolve the border issue.
“Wang Yi outlined China’s tough position on the situation on the border between India and China. He stressed that, first of all, it is necessary to immediately stop any provocations with shooting and other dangerous actions that violate agreements, to disengage the troops as soon as possible, to promote detente and normalization of the situation on the border, ” TASS quoted the text of the document published on the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
On August 31, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced a new clash with Chinese troops in the Ladakh border area, which, according to the department, occurred on the night of August 30 on the shores of Lake Pangong Tso. It was reported that Indian troops took measures to strengthen their positions and did not allow China to “unilaterally change the state of affairs.” The clash killed 20 soldiers.
A new round of exacerbation between China and India over the territories in Ladakh began in June. Then the PRC opened fire on the Indian military, stating that they had illegally crossed the state border. As a result of the shelling , three people died , another 17 died from their wounds later. The Chinese side blamed the incident on India.
Prior to that, throughout May , clashes between the military of the two countries took place on the disputed Indian-Chinese border , accompanied by the transfer of additional contingents and weapons from each side. On May 5, a mass brawl broke out at one of the sites in East Ladakh, in which about 400 servicemen from both sides took part.