China honours 5 soldiers for Galwan clashes
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Fri, Feb 19 2021 8:27 IST |
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China honours 5 soldiers for Galwan clashes. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 19 : For the first time, China on Friday honoured its four People s Liberation Army soldiers killed and one injured during clashes with Indian Army troops at Galwan Valley, Chinese state media said.
The China Global Television Network (CGTN), Chinese state media, claimed that five PLA soldiers were honoured with honorary title and first-class merit citation.
It stated that four Chinese soldiers, who were killed during a border confrontation in June 2020, were posthumously awarded honorary titles and first-class merit citations, the Central Military Commission (CMC) announced on Friday.
China officially admits 5 PLA officers & soldiers were killed in Galwan Valley clash
The five officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains were recognised for their sacrifice and awarded honours, the Chinese military s official newspaper reported.
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Beijing: Five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in last year’s Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh with the Indian Army, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officially acknowledged for the first time on Friday.
Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognised 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, the PLA Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese military reported on Friday.
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Indian Army had lost 20 soldiers in the Galwan clash incident. Chinese soldiers seen carrying spears & other sharp edged weapons near Mukhpari hill north of Rezang La | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing disengagement process between Indian and Chinese armies in north and south banks of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh, China on Friday admitted that four military officers and soldiers were killed in the fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in June 2020.
Responding to People s Liberation Army (PLA) official acknowledgement of the killing of its soldiers in the Galwan Valley incident, BJP leader Ram Madhav tweeted, China admits 4 soldiers died in Galwan clash with India, reveals their names .