China and India agreed not to escalate the matter along the LAC on Wednesday followed by a conversation between the Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li.
There are stark differences remained on both the sides described by the unprecedented clash that claimed the lives of 20 Indian Soldiers in the violence on June 15 along-side the border since 1967.
Upon following the protocol, it was agreed between both the sides to deal in a “responsible manner” and neither will take any action to escalate the matter and should ensure peace and tranquility as per the bilateral agreements, said by the Minister of External Affairs.
A statement was also issued by the China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing quoting that both sides have agreed “to cool down the situation”. “Both sides agreed to deal fairly that has been caused by the conflict in the Galwan Valley, abiding the consensus reached at military level meetings to maintain peace and tranquility”, said in the statement.
Monday’s clash has triggered by a dispute over the process of disengagement that had been agreed on June 6. Mr. Jaishankar has “delivered the protest of the Govt. of India and also underlined that this approach of the Chinese will have a serious impact on their bilateral relationship”.
The Indian Ministers have also said that the Chinese forces has continued its building infrastructures in the Indian side of Line of Actual Control (LAC), violating the agreement and attacked the Indian soldiers in a very planned manner. In addition the Minister said that building the infrastructure in the LAC side of India has resulted in the dispute and is directly responsible for the resulting casualties and violence.
In Beijing, the Foreign Minister of China accused India “deliberately provoking” the clash and openly breaking consensus of June 6. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li said that “after the Galwan Valley situation was calmed down, the Indian front-line troops crossed LAC again, provoked and violently attacked their officers and soldiers. This resulted in casualties and fierce physical clash between both the forces. This dangerous behavior of the Indian Army has violated the basic norms of International Relation”, he added.
In response, the MFA demanded the Indian side to have a thorough investigation and severely punish who were responsible for this unfair behavior and strictly control the front-line troops to stop all the proactive actions and will ensure that this will never happen again.
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