NEW DELHI (AFP): China freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a deadly high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas ahead of fresh talks on Friday (June 19) to ease tensions between the world's two most populous nations, officials said.
Two majors were among the troops held prisoner after a battle with nail studded batons, rocks and fists on Monday that left 20 Indians dead as well as an unknown number of Chinese casualties.
Eighteen troops were being treated for serious injuries after the battle, the Indian military said. Security officials told AFP that four of them were in critical condition.Major generals from China and India were to hold new talks Friday, officials said.Chinese flags and posters of China's President Xi Jinping have been burned in several cities.
"India wants peace," Modi said this week in a message to China,"but if provoked, India is capable of giving a befitting reply." Indian foreign ministry spokesman said Nepal's claims to territory along the Kali River and in neighbouring Kalipani region were"not based on historical fact or evidence".
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