China complains to India following border clash

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China has lodged a complaint with India after its service personnel obstructed Chinese soldiers' border patrol, resulting in Chinese troops' injury, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

"The Chinese soldiers' normal patrol on the Chinese side of the Line of Control at Pangong Lake was obstructed by Indian soldiers last Tuesday," spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

"They collided with the Chinese soldiers and had physical contact with them, leading to the injury of Chinese personnel," she added.

Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry, at a regular briefing in Beijing, August 21, 2017. /MOFA Photo‍

Hua said the incident violated the consensus reached by both countries to maintain regional peace, and risked worsening the situation in the western part of the border.

"The Chinese government is strongly dissatisfied and has lodged solemn representations with India," Hua said, urging New Delhi to abide by the line of control agreed in 1959, as well as relevant regulations and conventions between the two sides.

The Pangong Lake confrontation comes two months after another dispute between China and India in the Donglang area, when more than 270 Indian soldiers carrying weapons and driving two bulldozers crossed into Chinese territory to block construction of a road.

Indian troops trespassed into Chinese territory on June 18. /MOFA Photo‍

China has repeatedly urged India to withdraw its troops and equipment from Chinese territory, saying this is the foundation and prerequisite of the solution to this incident.

However, by the end of July, there were still more than 40 Indian troops and one bulldozer on the Chinese side of the border.

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