China Army

It is in our character not to hurt the self-esteem of any other country. But, if anyone attempts to hurt India's self-esteem, we will on no account tolerate it and will respond forcefully," Singh said

People familiar with the development said the fourth round of Lt General-level talks will be held early next week with an aim to finalise modalities for withdrawal of troops

The area in which PP-14 is located - and which the Indian Army has patrolled for decades - now effectively falls inside China's "buffer zone".

The situation deteriorated last month following the Galwan Valley clashes that left 20 Indian soldiers dead as the two sides significantly bolstered their deployments.

Twenty Indian soldiers died in a violent clash with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops at Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh

The United States has accused China of escalating border tension with India and other neighbours by trying to take benefit of these countries busy fighting coronavirus pandemic

The ITBP guards the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control between India and China, along with the Indian Army.

Twenty Indian soldiers died in a violent clash with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops at Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh

After 1975, this is the first violent incident on the India-China border in which casualties have taken place

A large number of Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in Galwan Valley for the last five weeks

The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control, the de-facto border between the two countries

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh also visited China's 9th Engineer Regiment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) based there on Thursday, the Indian Embassy said in a statement

He also said China is engaging in a deliberate strategy to undermine the stability of the Indo-Pacific region

The People's Liberation Army has been executing military training instructions issued by President Xi Jinping on January 3

A military is built to fight, Xi asserted