India on Thursday said the process of disengagement of troops at the India-China border in Ladakh was unfinished and called for the early pull back of their militaries from other points of friction in the area. The comments from the Indian foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi comes almost 13 months after India first detected Chinese troops in May 2020 in areas that New Delhi claims along an undemarcated border in Eastern Ladakh. The two countries are also counting the days to the first anniversary of their fiercest clash in decades. Last year on 15 June, 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops were killed when soldiers of the two countries clashed on the border – the first time in decades both countries lost men. Relations that had grown over the years would be impacted if the Chinese did not pull back their troops and de-escalate tensions.

Source: Mint June 03, 2021 13:52 UTC