| New Delhi |
Updated: June 19, 2020 6:03:07 am
Indian Army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters)
Asserting India's claim on the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, where 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in violent clashes with Chinese troops on Monday night, New Delhi has told Beijing that making “exaggerated and untenable” claims is contrary to the understanding reached in talks between military commanders on June 6.
“Given its responsible approach to border management, India is very clear that all its activities are always within the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control. We expect the Chinese side to also confine its activities to its side of the LAC,” the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava, said on Thursday.
He said the Chinese side “unilaterally attempted to change the status quo”, took “premeditated and planned action” and was “directly responsible” for the casualties suffered by “both sides”. “This could have been avoided had the agreement at the higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side,” he…
