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China-India border dispute: army says it thwarted Chinese bid to alter status quo in Ladakh
- The Indian army said the latest flare-up took place along the Pangong Tso lake
- Military officials of the two countries were holding a meeting at a border point to resolve the crisis
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Indian forces foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to occupy a hill on the Asian giants’ disputed and ill-defined border in the western Himalayas, officials in New Delhi said on Monday, following the latest flare-up between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Having spotted the Chinese troops’ movement, Indian troops mobilised to deter further encroachment, and the confrontation did not escalate into a clash between the two sides, Indian military and government sources said.
China rejected the accusation that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops had breached the border, but tensions between the two armies in the freezing snow deserts of the Ladakh region have been running high for several months.
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The latest incident occurred on Saturday night on the shores of Pangong Tso lake, where the two sides have been locked in a face off since April, the Indian army said.
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In June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in the nearby Galwan valley. That was the neighbours’ most serious military clash in more than half a century. Both sides had agreed to pull back after that clash, but the Indian Army accused Chinese forces of violating that accord over the weekend.
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