LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has expressed that India is consumed by jingoism amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Shehbaz Sharif took to Twitter and wrote that the siege of Pakistani High Commission in New Dehli and attack on Chinese forces reflects nefarious designs of India that can threaten regional peace.
While the world fights the pandemic, India is consumed by jingoism. Siege of Pakistani High Commission in New Dehli & attack on Chinese forces reflect its nefarious designs that can endanger regional peace. We express our unflinching solidarity with Govt. & the people of China!
— Shehbaz Sharif (Stay at home to stay safe) (@CMShehbaz) June 16, 2020
Moreover, Shehbaz Sharif expressed solidarity with the Chinese government and its people. At least twenty Indian Army personnel were killed Monday night in violent clashes with Chinese troops in the Galwan valley of Ladakh where disengagement of troops on either side was underway.
According to the Indian Army, there are casualties on both sides. China, on the other hand, has not commented on the losses in the worst flare-up on the Line of Actual Control in more than five decades.
The night incident took place in the area between the LAC and the junction of Galwan and Shyok rivers. Both sides have held talks between the two sides on disengagement in the Galwan valley.
According to Indian media, an argument started over the position of Chinese soldiers who had started erecting a new post on the southern bank of Galwan river.
The situation quickly escalated when a Commanding Officer and his troops insisted that the Chinese remove the post leading to physical violence. The Chinese side reportedly used sticks, clubs, bats, bamboos with nails during the fight.
Read more: 20 Indian soldiers killed in clashes with Chinese troops
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