MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian and Chinese troops clashed within the Tawang sector of India’s Arunachal Pradesh state on Dec. 9, Reuters accomplice ANI stated in a report on Monday, citing sources.

The face-off on Friday resulted in minor accidents to few troopers on either side, the report added.

An Indian international ministry spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Indian and Chinese troops additionally clashed in June 2020 in hand-to-hand fight within the Galwan valley in Ladakh, abutting the Chinese-held Tibetan plateau.

Twenty Indian troopers have been killed, with China struggling an undisclosed variety of casualties, and either side ramped up their navy presence, shifting males, weapons and provides to the high-altitude desert area.

India and China share an un-demarcated 3,800 km (2,360 mile) frontier, the place their troops beforehand adhered to long-standing protocols to keep away from the usage of any firearms alongside the de facto border generally known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar in Mumbai; modifying by Sudipto Ganguly)