Indian and Chinese soldiers injured in border clash

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Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the Tawang sector of India’s Arunachal Pradesh state on December 9, causing minor injuries to a few soldiers from both sides, Reuters content partner ANI reported on Monday, citing sources sources.

A spokesman for India’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Spokespersons for India’s defense ministry and military also did not respond.

China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Indian and Chinese troops had in June 2020 engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, adjoining the Tibetan plateau under Chinese control.

The incident resulted in 20 Indian soldiers being killed, while China suffered an undisclosed number of casualties.

India and China share a 3,800 kilometer (2,360 mile) undemarcated border, where their troops previously adhered to longstanding protocols to avoid the use of firearms along the known de facto border. under the name of real control line.

Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar in Mumbai and Eduardo Baptista in Beijing; Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Arun Koyyur