'China troops enter India territory: Sources claim
Iran Press TV
Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:0PM
Indian officials have accused China of dispatching troops several kilometers into its territory in the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir.
Chinese soldiers have advanced from 25 to 30 kilometers into the Burtse area of Indian-controlled Ladakh region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Hindustan Times quoted official sources as saying on Tuesday.
Indian border police first encountered China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday during a patrol in an unpopulated area of Ladakh near the informal border with China, an unidentified official said.
"It was a temporary peaceful face-off with PLA well inside Indian territory," the official noted.
PLA troops then returned to the Burtse area on Monday, hoisting a banner that read "this is Chinese territory, go back," the official added.
The incident echoes a similar event last year in April when Chinese troops advanced nearly 19 kilometers into the Indian territory.
Indian army patrols reported on April 16 the presence of PLA troops pitching tents inside the LAC (Line of Actual Control) in the western part of the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir.
The LAC is the de facto boundary between China and India that runs across the Himalayas.
Talks between the two countries have so far failed to resolve the dispute in Indian-administered Kashmir.
India and China have had uneasy relations since 1962, when they fought a war in the Himalayan regions of Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.
China claims about 90,000 square kilometers of land in Arunachal Pradesh, but New Delhi says Beijing is occupying 38,000 square kilometers of Indian territory on the Aksai Chin plateau.
India and China have held over a dozen rounds of talks to resolve their border dispute since 1962 but have been unable to resolve the issue.
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