India-China Border Tensions Live: PLA Conducted 'Provocative Military Movements' In Eastern Ladakh, Says India
Indian Army Thwarts China's Provocative Military Movements: Defence Ministry
India said China violated the agreed border consensus along the Line of Actual Control in the Himalayas.
The People’s Liberation Army carried out “provocative military movements” late on Saturday night, India’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The latest skirmish between the two sides, who are engaged in a border stand off since May, took place on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso lake, according to the statement.
Here's the full statement:
On the Night of 29/30 August 2020, PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during military and diplomatic engagements during the ongoing standoff in Eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo. Indian troops pre-empted this PLA activity on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, undertook measures to strengthen our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground. The Indian Army is committed to maintaining peace and tranquility through dialogue, but is also equally determined to protect its territorial integrity. A Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting is in progress at Chushul to resolve the issues.
It is the first major incident involving the troops of the two countries after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15 in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed. China also suffered casualties but it is yet to make the details public.
India and China have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks in the last two-and-half months but no significant headway has been made for a resolution to the border row in eastern Ladakh.
Indian Markets Reverse Course On China Tensions
Indian equity markets erased early gains and traded with sharp cuts after the Defence Ministry's statement on China's violations in Eastern Ladakh.
The S&P BSE Sensex index fell as much as 0.9% to 39,111 -- that's nearly 900 points off the morning's high.
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