Indian and Chinese soldiers have clashed on their disputed border in India’s north-eastern territory of Arunachal Pradesh, the first such incident between the two Asian powers since fatal frontier confrontations in 2020.
A person briefed on an Indian account of the incident said soldiers on both sides sustained “minor injuries” in the incident, which occurred in the mountainous Tawang area on Friday but was first reported by Indian media on Monday.
The 3,500km Sino-Indian border has remained tense since 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were reported killed in fighting on the frontier of India’s far north-western territory of Ladakh in spring 2020.