New Delhi, December 14
Hours after the Chinese Foreign Ministry played down the incursion, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) called on India to “strictly control and manage its frontline troops and together with China maintain peace along the border areas”.
PLA’s western theatre command spokesman Sr Colonel Long Shaohua, in a statement, claimed the clash took place when its troops on regular patrol on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) were blocked by Indian soldiers.
