New Delhi: In latest escalation in the ongoing military confrontation in eastern Ladakh since early-May, Indian soldiers thwarted an attempt by Chinese troops to occupy some heights near the southern bank of Pangong Tso, reports claimed.
Indian and Chinese troops have locked horns again along their disputed border, Indian officials said Monday, in a sign that the deadly tensions that erupted in June between the world’s two most populous countries are not going away.
In a terse statement, India’s Defence Ministry said the Chinese Army had ‘violated the previous consensus’ and ‘carried out provocative military movements’ near Pangong Tso Lake, in the remote Ladakh region.
Reports said the ‘provocative military movements’ by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aimed at seizing the heights in the Chushul sector, broadly between Pangong Tso and Spanggur Gap, were physically blocked by the swift deployment of Indian troops in the region at an altitude of around 15,000-feet.