Two of the world’s largest nations are on a collision course.
India and China has for 60 years been in a bitter dispute over the border region of eastern Kashmir region, Ladakh of the Himalayan mountains.
on Tuesday, there was regular fighting between border guards from both sides. At least 20 indian soldiers was according to the government in Delhi killed with knives and other weapons, while it is reported that 43 chinese soldiers lost their lives. The figures are, however, not confirmed by the regime in Beijing.
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Indian border guards guarding a road that leads to the city of Leh, which is the largest in Ladakh on the border with China. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/Ritzau Scanpix
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this is The first time in 45 years that soldiers are losing their lives in combat operations in the area, which in 1993 was divided between the two nuclear powers in the creation of the so-called limit called the ‘Line of Actual Control’.
The boundary consists of most of the rivers and mountains, but as such are not recorded. This is precisely why there is disagreement on where the two countries ‘ militaries quite do patrol, tells Yang Jiang is senior researcher at DIIS, for the Extra Magazine:
– They blame each other for exceeding the limit by soldiers. China has repeatedly warned to stop, if you want to avoid battles. India, however, argue that they are trying to ensure that China does not prevent them from patrolling in the area, ” she says, and continues:
– But both sides use naturlandmærker as lakes to put the boundary, which therefore must be regarded as very weak. It has the potential for conflict.
China’s foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said on Tuesday that ‘indian soldiers crossed the boundary twice on Monday and provoked and attack chinese personnel’.
– This led to a serious physical confrontation between grænsestyrkerne on the two sides, he says.
India’s foreign ministry announces in a statement that the deaths could have been avoided if China had followed the agreement to deeskalere tensions between the countries. It writes Reuters.
According to India’s former army chief Bikram Singh may be the latest battles between China and India have serious consequences.
– We have not seen the casualty figures at The Line of Actual Control in at least 45 years. It might be a game-changer. It can be the beginning of the end for the the relationship that India has had with China in 45 years, he says to CNN.
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the Galwan Valley in Ladakh is controlled by China, who considers India regularly sends its troops into the area. Photo credit: Planet Labs Inc/Ritzau Scanpix
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In the 1962 war the two nations in a bloody war on the Ladakh region of the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range. India claims that the area belongs to them, while China believes that it is their country.
In the Himalayas are the soldiers from both China and India have been sent to the Galwan Valley in in the the high located Ladakh region. Here is accusations about the grænsekrænkelser go back and forth for weeks.
On both sides have military set up defensive positions. But it is far from certain that the conflict will escalate further, evaluates the Yang Jiang.
Modi (India’s prime minister, ed.) and Xi Jinping (China’s president, ed.) try both to downplay the situation. But it depends on how willing they both are to get it to happen.
on Wednesday, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi urged parties to hold a summit already Friday.
