India on Thursday asked China to confine its activities to its side of the road of Actual Control which it must not take any unilateral action to change it.
Referring to the Galwan Valley clash, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India was strongly committed to making sure the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Speaking to reporters at a web media briefing, he also said that no Indian soldiers were missing since the Galwan Valley clash on Monday evening.
“Given its responsible approach to frame management, India is extremely clear that each one its activities are always within the Indian side of the LAC. We expect the Chinese side to also confine its activities to its side of the LAC,” Srivastava said.
He said the 2 sides are in regular touch through their respective embassies and foreign offices besides maintaining contacts at the bottom level.
“Meetings of other established diplomatic mechanisms like Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Border Affairs (WMCC) are under discussion,” Srivastava said.
“While we remain firmly convinced of the necessity for maintenance of peace and tranquility within the borders areas and therefore the resolution of differences through dialogue, at an equivalent time, because the prime minister stated yesterday, we also are strongly committed to making sure India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he added.
The Galwan Valley was the location of the violent clash between the 2 militaries on Monday evening during which a Colonel and 19 other Indian Army personnel were killed.
It was the most important confrontation along the LAC between the 2 forces after their 1967 clashes in Nathu La in 1967 when India lost around 80 soldiers and China lost over 300 PLA personnel.
