‘We Don’t Wish To See More Clashes’ On India Border – China

China said Wednesday it wanted to avoid more clashes in a border dispute with India that resulted in the first deadly confrontation between the … Continue reading ‘We Don’t Wish To See More Clashes’ On India Border – China

By Emmanuel Egobiambu

Updated June 17, 2020

china-india — File photo: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on June 17, 2020. The long-running border dispute between Asian nuclear powers India and China turned deadly for the first time in nearly half a century after at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a “violent face-off”, the army said on June 16. Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP

China said Wednesday it wanted to avoid more clashes in a border dispute with India that resulted in the first deadly confrontation between the two nuclear powers in decades.

“We of course don’t wish to see more clashes,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference, while urging India to avoid “provocative gestures” that could complicate the border situation.

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