A physical conflict of violent limbs occurred on Monday (15th) of the China -India border. This is the first time that the two countries have suffered casualties in the border conflict in 53 years.(Reuters)

(Morning News) The conflict between the Sino -Indian border was intensified, and the Indian military said that 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the border conflict with the Chinese army.

Reuters reported that in a statement on Tuesday (16th), the Indian military stated on Tuesday (16th) that after a officer and two soldiers died earlier, 17 Indian soldiers were injured.The statement also stated that the Indian and the Chinese army had evacuated near the Latalwan Valley in the Latalak area that had occurred.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that violent limb conflicts occurred on Monday (15th).China did not mention personnel casualties in the statement, but the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that both sides had casualties.A Indian government sources said the unit used iron rods and stones to confront, but did not fire.

A short -term border war occurred in China and India in 1962. Although the negotiations lasted for more than 20 years, the border dispute was still not resolved.Since the bloody conflict broke out in the eastern part of the Himalaya in 1967, the two sides had no casualties in the border area.

Sino -Indian soldiers occurred in the Ladakh region of Ladakh on the actual control line of Ladakh at the beginning of last month, causing hundreds of people to be injured.The two countries subsequently deployed a large number of troops to many places along the line.

In order to resolve the deadlock, the military of the two countries held the highest -level talks at the border earlier this month.Major General Lin led.

The Ladak area, which occurred the night before, was located in the south edge of the Himalayas and the northeast of Kashmir Valley. It belongs to the territorial dispute areas of China, Pakistan, and India.When China and India conflicted with the border last month, India also fought fiercely with Pakistan with Pakistan.

The United States issued a statement on Tuesday, expressing the hope that India and China can resolve differences peacefully.A US State Department spokesman said: India and China have expressed their desire to alleviate tensions, and we support the peaceful resolution of the current situation.