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India and China to 'Peacefully' Resolve Border Row, India says

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - India and China will resolve a dispute on their contested
   borders "peacefully" the Indian External Affairs Ministry said Sunday,
   a day after military commanders from the two countries met to find a
   solution to their monthlong standoff in the Himalayas.

   The face-off, in eastern Ladakh, a region bordering China, which
   controls access to several strategic points on their Himalayan border,
   began with a confrontation between patrolling soldiers from the two
   countries in early May. While Indian officials have said Chinese
   soldiers entered Indian-controlled territory, erecting tents and posts
   in three places, China has denied it breached the "Line of Actual
   Control"-- the border between the countries -- and said there is
   stability in the area.

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