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China acknowledges 5 Chinese soldiers were killed in Galwan Valley clash

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Gitanjali Mangal
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China acknowledges 5 Chinese soldiers were killed in Galwan Valley clash
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People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officially acknowledged for the first time on Friday that five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in the fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year. Also Read |
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J&K’s Shopian and Budgam: 3 militants, cop killed in encounter publive-imageThe PLA said, "Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognized by the Central Military Commission of China (CMC) for their sacrifice in the border confrontation with India, which occurred in the Galwan Valley in June 2020," Those killed included Qi Fabao, the regimental commander from the PLA Xinjiang Military Command.
The border standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries erupted on May 5 last year following a violent clash in the Pangong Lake areas and both sides gradually enhanced their deployment by rushing in tens of thousands of soldiers as well as heavy weaponry. Image result for Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control
Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15 in Galwan Valley. The CMC, the overall high command of the PLA headed by President Xi Jinping, has awarded Qi Fabao, the regimental commander from the PLA Xinjiang Military Command, the title of ‘Hero regimental commander for defending the border’, Chen Hongjun with ‘Hero to defend the border’, and awarded first-class merit to Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran. publive-imageAccording to the reports, for the first time China has acknowledged casualties and details of these officers and soldiers’ sacrifice, four of whom died when dealing with the Indian military’s “illegal trespassing” of the Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control (LAC). While India had announced the casualties immediately after the incident, China did not officially acknowledge the casualties until Friday. Image result for Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control Also Read | Watch: Haryana woman lies on railway track to escape being run over According to reports, 45 Chinese servicemen were killed in the Galwan Valley clash on February 10. According to an American intelligence report last year, the number of casualties on the Chinese side was 35. Both countries had rushed a large number of battle tanks, armored vehicles and heavy equipment to the treacherous and high-altitude areas of eastern Ladakh region after tension escalated following a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley in June last year. -PTC News
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