Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian, however, did not reveal the actual number of casualties.
China on Tuesday said that reports that suggested it had lost over 40 soldiers in the clash along the Line of Actual Control in Galwan Valley in Ladakh on June 15 were “fake news”, the Hindustan Times reported. While 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the violence and 76 injured, China has not published its official number of casualties.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Indian and Chinese militaries held a meeting on June 22 to resolve the standoff on the border through talk. “China and India are in talks with each other to resolve this issue through diplomatic and military channels,” ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference in Beijing. “As for what you saw in the media, for example, some people alleged that casualties on the Chinese side amounted to 40, I can tell you for sure that this is fake news.”
While he denied this figure of 40 or more deaths, Zhao did not reveal the real number.
