NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – India has called on China to advance the settlement of the bilateral border dispute via negotiations through diplomatic and military channels, rather than armed provocations aimed at a unilateral change of status quo, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday.
This past Sunday, Chinese and Indian forces clashed again in the disputed border area of Ladakh.
Pointing to the latest incident of escalation in Ladakh, Srivastava described it as China’s attempt to “effect a unilateral change of status quo” in violation of the bilateral agreements.
Since the 1962 war between India and China, the two lack a duly demarcated borderline in the Himalayas. As a consequence, the area has since frequented seeing hassles between the military of both sides.
Following a deadly escalation in May, Indian and Chinese military officials and diplomats had several rounds of talks and reached an agreement to pull forces back to their initial positions.
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