The White House on Tuesday commented on the latest face-off between the Indian and the China troops at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on December 9 and mentioned it’s glad to notice that there was a fast disengagement of the strain. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned the US is carefully monitoring the state of affairs and inspiring India and China to utilise the prevailing channels to debate the disputed boundaries.

“We are glad to hear that both sides appeared to have quickly disengaged from the clashes. We are closely monitoring the situation. We encourage India and China to utilise existing bilateral channels to discuss disputed boundaries. Again, we are glad to see that there has been some disengagement on the clashes at this time,” Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned,

Three models of the Indian Army gave a befitting reply to over 300 troops who got here armed with golf equipment, sticks and different tools to assault the Indian place. Thwarted by the Indian forces, they needed to retreat to their aspect of the Line of Actual Control. The Indian troops had been ready for the conflict given the motion on the opposite aspect and the conflict happened when one of many models was being relieved by a brand new unit.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh advised Parliament that no Indian soldier was killed or severely injured within the conflict. I additionally guarantee the House that our Army is able to defending the territorial integrity of the nation. Our Army is able to deal with any transgression. I firmly imagine the House will help the bravery and braveness of our armed forces,” he said.

China said the border situation is stable and did not provide any details of the face-off.

UN calls for de-escalation

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for de-escalation on the Indian-China border. “We name for de-escalation and to make sure that the tensions alongside in that space don’t develop,” spokesperson to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mentioned.

‘China will solely blame India’: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Deputy speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Dolma Tsering Teykhang mentioned China will solely blame India for the border rigidity.

(With company inputs)