Two years ago there were still dead, now it seems only wounded: The nuclear powers of China and India clashed again in the Himalayas – with clubs and sticks.
Munich/New Delhi/Beijing – Between China and India Apparently there has been a clash in the Himalayas. The incident took place on December 9, as India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed in Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. India’s Ministry of Defense wrote on Twitter that Chinese troops had attempted to invade Indian territory in the Tawang district of India’s northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state. “China’s efforts were resolutely and decisively rejected by our troops.” There was a “fight” in which soldiers from both sides were injured. The Chinese troops then withdrew.
According to Indian media, 200 Chinese soldiers armed with sticks and clubs were involved in the incident. Six Indian soldiers are said to have been airlifted to hospital with minor injuries. China accuses Indian soldiers of “illegally crossing” the border control line and blocking the way for regular Chinese patrols. “Our side is handling this situation professionally and within the rules,” the Chinese party organ was quoted as saying people’s newspaper an army spokesman.
The confrontation was preceded by joint military exercises between India and the United States in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, which borders China. Beijing reacted angrily to the joint maneuvers.
The situation escalated two years ago: several people died in a border conflict between China and India
Territorial disputes are a burden Relations between India and China it’s been decades. Beijing claims about 90,000 square kilometers of territory controlled by New Delhi. In 1962, the two nuclear powers fought a brief war over the Himalayan border. Fatal clashes broke out again in 1967. In the early 1990s, both sides agreed not to touch the status quo until a final solution was found. The problem, however, is that China and India each have different ideas about where the de facto border between the two countries, known as the “Line of Control” (LAC), really is.
Lastly is the location increased in the summer of 2020. In the disputed border area, soldiers from the two countries beat each other with clubs and iron rods and threw stones at each other. 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese soldiers are said to have died.
A meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in late March this year resulted in no progress on the border issue. Relations between the two countries remain “abnormal” and cannot be as long as the situation on the China-India border remains abnormal. said Jaishankar after the meeting. (sh/AFP/dpa)
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