China and India agree not to send more troops to border, says Chinese defence ministry

Name: Indian army prepares camels for patrols along tense border with China
Uploaded: 2020-09-22T16:41:18.000Z
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Senior military officials from both countries met on Monday and agreed that neither side should take any unilateral action in the region

Tensions in the area erupted into frontier clash in June, during which 20 Indian soldiers were killed

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Published: 12:41am, 23 Sep 2020Updated: 1:08am, 23 Sep 2020

China and India have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to avoid any actions that might complicate the tense situation there, the two countries said on Tuesday.

Senior military officials from both countries met on Monday and exchanged ideas on their contested border, Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said.

A joint press release issued by the Indian government in New Delhi said that both sides had agreed to “avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments”, and “refrain from unilaterally changing the situation on the ground”.

“The two sides also agreed to hold the 7th round of Military Commander-Level Meeting as soon as possible,” the release said.

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Indian army prepares camels for patrols along tense border with China

Thousands of Indian and Chinese troops are currently amassed along a disputed stretch of border in the Ladakh region, bordering Tibet.