China and India ‘reach consensus’ in Himalayan border stand-off
- Beijing says both sides taking action to ease situation based on agreement
- Tensions have escalated in recent weeks with skirmishes but it is not clear how the clashes erupted
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said an agreement had been reached on the border situation through “effective diplomatic and military communication” between both sides.
“Both sides are taking relevant actions to ease the border situation based on this consensus,” she said.
Scuffles erupted between Chinese and Indian troops in early May at various points along the Line of Actual Control, which separates the Asian neighbours. The latest face-offs reportedly took place between the two nuclear-armed powers near Pangong lake in the Ladakh region and near the Naku La mountain pass along the Sikkim border.
Beijing and New Delhi have long engaged in skirmishes along their disputed 3,488km (2,170-mile) border, including a bitter war in 1962.
In 2017, a military stand-off in the disputed Doklam plateau that many feared had reached the brink of war, ended after 73 days with both sides agreeing to pull back.
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