India accuses China of ‘provocative’ movements

India said its soldiers thwarted“provocative” movements by China’ s military near a disputed border in the Lad akhregi on months into the rival nations’ deadliest standoff in decades.

Local military comman ders from the two countries were meeting along the disputed frontier yesterday to resolve the issues, India’s defence ministry said. It said India was committed to dialogue “but is also equally determined to protect its territorial integrity”.

The statement said China’ s People’ s Liberation Army on Saturday night “carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo”.

In Beijing, foreign ministry spokes per so nZ hao Lijian said border forces were communicating over recent matters, but gave no details.