India urged to protect peace at border
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CHINA is urging India to protect the peace and stability of their border after Indian media said soldiers were involved in an altercation in southeastern Kashmir.
Chinese border troops have always patrolled the Chinese side of the line of control on the China-India border, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said yesterday.
According to media reports, Chinese and Indian soldiers yelled and threw stones at each other in Ladakh, an area between China, Pakistan and India in southeastern Kashmir on Tuesday.
At a daily press briefing in Beijing, Hua Chunying said she was not aware of the latest reports, but added: “Chinese border troops are always committed to maintaining peace on the China-India border and always patrol along the Chinese line of control.”
The spokeswoman said: “We urge the Indian side to abide by the line of control agreed upon in 1959 as well as relevant regulations and conventions between the two sides, and to earnestly safeguard peace and stability in the border area.”
She also urged India to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all troops and equipment that have encroached into Chinese territory in the Dong Lang area.
“This is the foundation and prerequisite to the solution of the incident,” Hua said.
On June 18, more than 270 Indian border troops, carrying weapons and driving two bulldozers, crossed the boundary in the Sikkim Sector and advanced more than 100 meters into Chinese territory to obstruct road construction by the Chinese side, causing tension in the area.
The trespassing Indian troops numbered as many as 400 people at one point.
As of the end of July, there were still more than 40 Indian border troops and one bulldozer illegally remaining in the Chinese territory.
Meanwhile, an Indian official said that “flag meetings,” or ceremonies involving Chinese and Indian soldiers at five points along the frontier usually held on the August 15 anniversary of India’s independence, were canceled on Tuesday.
The official said the event was marked more informally, with troops from both sides exchanging sweets at several places, including Dong Lang.
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