Galwan Valley border clash completely caused by Indian side: Chinese Defense Ministry.

Chinese Defense Ministry Wednesday said the recent border clash between China and India was completely caused by the Indian side's violation of consensus and unilateral provocation, and called for severe punishment to those who are accountable for the June 15 standoff.

For the recent China-India border tensions, India should severely punish those who are accountable for the clash on the evening of June 15 and work with China together to maintain the peace in border region, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) at a regular press conference.

For the current situation in the border region between the two countries, Wu stressed that China has sovereignty over the Galwan Valley region and the Chinese border troops have been patrolling and on duty in this region for the last many years.

He pointed out that since April this year, the Indian border troops had begun to unilaterally build facilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley region, regarding which China lodged multiple representations and oppositions for many times.

In the early morning of May 6, the Indian border troops trespassed into China's territory, built fortification and barricades and impeded the patrol of Chinese border troops, in an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo of border control and management. The Chinese border troops had been forced to take necessary responding measures and strengthen management and control in these areas.

With China's vigorous push, the two sides agreed to hold bilateral communications through multiple channels. On June 6, the border troops of both countries held the first Corps Commander-level meeting and reached consensus on easing the situation through concrete measures.

The Indian side promised that they would not cross the estuary of the Galwan river to patrol and build facilities, and the two sides would discuss and decide phased withdrawal of troops through the meetings between on-scene commanders.

However, on the evening of June 15, India's front-line troops, in violation of the agreement reached at the Corps Commander-level meeting, once again crossed the LAC for deliberate provocation, and even violently attacked the Chinese officers and soldiers who went there for...