Indian and Chinese military began the withdrawal of forces on the line of control in Eastern Ladakh, where on the night of Tuesday was the most serious in half a century clash of the guards. According to recent reports, the incident killed three, and 20 Indian soldiers, including their commander. China information about their losses is not disclosed, however, the Indian military, referring to the intercept, reported that the number of dead and wounded on the Chinese side has exceeded 40 people. The battle on the border has undermined the “reset” of relations the two countries that made a bid by Indian Prime Minister Narendra modi and the President of the PRC XI Jinping.A fierce clash between border guards of India and China, which occurred on the night of June 16 on the line of control in the Himalayas, received Wednesday a loud resonance in the Indian society.In the background engulfed India natural anti-Chinese shares, where participants burned portraits of President of China XI Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra modi held an emergency video conference with the heads of 15 States and Union territories, which commemorated the Indian soldiers two-minute silence.Photo: Channi Anand / Arpo the results of the meeting Prime Minister modi, last fall with great fanfare took the Chinese leader in the Indian city of Mahabalipuram, made the toughest statement to the neighbors for all time of his reign: “India wants peace, but if it will provoke, it will be ready to give an adequate response”. “I want to assure the nation that the sacrifice of our soldiers will not be in vain,” added Indian leader.
We will remind, the Chinese party in their official statements insisting that the situation, who provoked the actions of the Indian troops, allegedly twice violated the line of control in Ladakh.As stated on Wednesday in the office of the Indian Prime Minister, on Friday evening, Narendra modi will hold an emergency video conference with the leaders of all political parties in the country to discuss why the crash occurred in Eastern Ladakh, and to develop a national consensus on the question of future relations with China. One of the leading opposition politicians in the country Rahul Gandhi, who previously held the post of President as the second political force in the country of the party “Indian national Congress”, demanded from the Prime Minister more decisive action. At the same time, his mother Sonia Gandhi, who heads the “Indian national Congress”, said that in the face of a common threat, the opposition will support the actions of the army and the government.Against this background, the military and diplomats of India and China are making strenuous efforts to prevent further escalation on the line of actual control in the Himalayas. “Of course, we don’t want clashes,”— said Wednesday the official representative of the Chinese foreign Ministry ��Zhao Lijiang.The same day clashes in the valley Galvan discussed during telephone conversation of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of China and India And a van and Subramaniam Jaishankar, agreeing to resolve the situation peacefully.”It was already announced that the military representatives of India and China come into contact, they discuss the situation, discuss measures for de-escalation. We welcome it”,— said on Wednesday the worsening of relations new Delhi and Beijing, the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.However, he clarified that this topic will not be included in the already previously agreed the agenda of the conference with the foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China, scheduled for June 22.The initiative of holding such a conference in the format of RIC (Russia, India, China) were made by Moscow. Answering questions of journalists, Mr. Lavrov made clear that despite the incident in Ladakh, the negotiations will take place. However, shortly thereafter the Agency “RIA Novosti”, citing a source in the foreign Ministry of India announced that the scheduled June 22 videoconferencing is still tolerated. Indian diplomatic sources confirmed that talks of three Ministers postponed.After the first brief statements by the Indian military command, which said the three dead Indian soldiers, on Tuesday evening, the command of the land forces made a detailed presentation on the situation in Ladakh. Represented in this picture differed from the original version, on the basis of which the victims of the Indian side was minimal.”Indian and Chinese troops dispersed in the district of Galvan, where previously they came into conflict in the night from 15 to 16 June 2020. Seventeen Indian soldiers who were seriously injured in the line of duty and were exposed to low temperatures in the highlands, died of wounds. The total death toll in the clashes has reached 20 people. Army of India is committed to the protection of the territorial indivisibility and sovereignty of the country”,— stated in the new statement of Indian military command.Despite the fact that after a short but bloody war in 1962, India and China have for decades waged a “war of nerves” in the Himalayas, it is a long time was practically bloodless. Before the incident this week was the last time the Indian army had suffered losses in the region in October 1975: then killed four Indian soldiers. Most large-scale incident after the war of 1962 was a collision of 1967 at the border crossing the natu La, which killed 80 400 Indian and Chinese soldiers.Thus, the incident in Eastern Ladakh has become the most fierce war in 53 years. Surprise not only the scale of the massacre, which, according to the latest data from both sides participated more than a thousand people, but �� the fact that the guards fought to the death in a time when military commanders of the two countries conducted negotiations on the normalization of the situation on the line of control. And until the very last moment, both sides unanimously declared that the negotiations were proceeding successfully and nearly complete.While Beijing immediately after the incident, was accused of provocative actions of India, new Delhi gave his version of why the guards suddenly had to enter into conflict, despite the negotiations on de-escalation. “Senior commanders have held a productive meeting on 6 June 2020 and agreed on a process of de-escalation. Subsequently, the commanders on the ground held a series of meetings to implement agreements reached at a higher level. Although we expected that de-escalation will occur smoothly, the Chinese side has moved away from consensus on the line of actual control in the valley Galvan,” he said Tuesday evening the official representative of the foreign Ministry of India, Anurag Srivastava.History of sopraccitate toleedo the end it remains unclear why the incident caused a number of deaths, given that the parties had not used firearms. Recall that in early may has already been a similar mass brawl border in Ladakh, which was attended by about 300 people, but no one died. It is also unclear why the Indian side informed about such large-scale losses immediately, but only after several hours.According to the newspaper Times of India, one of the reasons for the mass deaths of soldiers, in addition to the severe climate and the lack of the ability to provide timely medical assistance to the victims, could be that during the fight was used not just sticks and stones, and steel rods with nails. However, given that the collision occurred at high altitude, the part of the soldiers were killed, torn from the rocks. Among the dead were the commander of the 16th regiment Bukharskogo Santosh Babu, who earlier held talks with the Chinese military about breeding forces in Ladakh.The Chinese side about their losses has not been formally reported, however, the Indian military, referring to the intercept, saying that the total number of dead and wounded on the Chinese side amounted to 43 people.While the official Chinese refrain from attacks against India, China has the voices with strict warnings to neighbors. “I want to say to the Indians: don’t take restraint of China for his weakness and never be arrogant with China. China does not want conflict with India, but he never was afraid”,— commented on the incident in Ladakh the chief editor of the national English-language newspaper Global Times, Hu West capital.Sergey Strokan
