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| Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a clash with Chinese forces in Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. | |
| The Indian army said "senior military officials of the two sides are meeting to defuse the situation", adding that both sides suffered casualties. | |
| China responded by calling on India not take unilateral actions or stir up trouble, the Reuters agency reported. | |
| China has also accused India of crossing the border and attacking Chinese soldiers, the AFP agency said. | |
| The clash comes amid rising tensions between the two countries. India has accused China of sending thousands of troops into Ladakh's Galwan valley. | |
| The deaths are believed to be the first in decades in a confrontation between the two powers. They have fought only one war so far, in 1962, when India suffered a humiliating defeat. | |
| India accuses China of occupying 38,000 sq km of its territory. Several rounds of talks in the last three decades have failed to resolve the boundary disputes. | |
| In may, dozens of Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged physical blows in a clash on the border in the northeastern state of Sikkim. And in 2017, the two countries clashed in the region after China tried to extend a border road through a disputed plateau. | |
| The Indian army is expected to address reporters shortly to provide more information about the incident. |