After bloody confrontations between the two nuclear-armed states ... China does not want escalation and India asserts that the death of its soldiers will not pass

According to the Associated Press, China announced the agreement with India to resolve the border tensions after the clashes between them, which resulted in the killing of 20 Indian soldiers, while the Indian Prime Minister said that the killing of his soldiers in the clashes would not pass, according to Agence France-Presse.

Earlier, China called on India to stop provocative activities on the border between the two countries, and said that it did not wish to have more clashes on its borders after Monday's clashes in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, and that the two countries were trying to solve the issue through dialogue.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Li Jian said that the general situation regarding the border dispute with India is stable and controllable, and that Beijing has not been blamed for the recent events.

Gao pointed out that there is consensus between the two sides on the need to resolve the dispute through negotiations and the dialogue table.

Monday's clashes
The clashes that took place the day before yesterday between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Jalwan Valley in the Ladakh region in the Himalayas highlands, have resulted in the deaths of at least 20 Indian soldiers, which is the heaviest outcome in nearly 50 years between the two sides.

Indian officials said that three soldiers were killed during the clashes, while 17 others were seriously wounded and later died.

For its part, the Chinese Ministry of Defense confirmed that there were casualties due to the clashes, without specifying the nationalities of the victims or providing other details.

The exchange of accusations
and held each party responsible for the clashes that took place Monday at the border in the Himalayas between Chinese Tibet and the Indian region of Ladakh, on the other side, amid analysts warning of "disturbing" conditions.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Indian soldiers "crossed the border twice ... provoked and attacked Chinese elements, which led to a serious physical confrontation between the border forces on both sides."

"Once again, we solemnly request that India take the appropriate position and seize its soldiers on the border," Gao added.

Indian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Anurag Srivastava replied to him by saying that the clash resulted from "the Chinese side's attempt to effect a unilateral change in the status quo" on the border.

Indian security meeting
Officials and reports said today, Wednesday, that the Indian political establishment held a security meeting after the violent confrontation in the Himalayas.

Defense Ministry officials said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior ministers - including Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Foreign Minister Suprahamaniam Jaishankar - as well as three military leaders met on Tuesday evening to assess border tensions.

At the grassroots level, Indian activists have implemented vigils in a number of Indian cities.

Protesters in Banta, in the northeastern state of Bihar, called for revenge on China, and they urged the Indian people to boycott Chinese products and launch what they called an economic war against them.

The escalation between the two countries is of international concern, as the United Nations has called on both sides to exercise maximum restraint. The United States has also expressed hope for a peaceful solution, and has said it is closely monitoring the situation.

Thorny Relationships
India and China have never reached an agreement on the length of the border's "de facto control line", and each resorted to various proposals that Britain presented to China in the nineteenth century to support their demands.

India says the border length is 3,500 km. China does not release any figures, but official media say the borders should be 2,000 km when calculating China's demands in Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and other regions.

Frequently, confrontations occur between the two nuclear Powers, over the disputed borders, without killing at least in recent decades, but relations between them remain thorny. They fought a short war in 1962 in which China seized lands from India. This was followed by clashes that killed 1967, but the last shooting occurred in 1975.

In 2017, a 72-day standoff occurred after Chinese forces entered the disputed Duclam Plateau on the China-India-Bhutan border, after which Indian Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to ease tension during summit meetings.