A protest in India against the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China (Image: GETTY)
This year it hosted the Malabar 2020 naval exercise with the US, Japan and Australia.
The four countries cooperate through the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue aimed at protecting regional democracy from China’s growing strength.
The June border clash was the deadliest between India and China for several decades.
The two nations fought a brief war over their disputed territory in 1962 which left thousands dead.
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As firearms are banned close to the border the two sides fought with melee weapons including iron bars and clubs wrapped in spikes.