Galwan Clash | Beijing Winter Olympics
Indian diplomat to skip Beijing Winter Olympics after fresh controversy over Galwan clash
Beijing: India has registered strong protest against Chinese government's decision to choose one of its soldiers involved in Galwan Valley clash as a torch bearer in the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
India's Charge d'Affaires in Beijing has refused to attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the event over the controversy that followed a report in an Australian newspaper "The Klaxon", revealing that 38 Chinese soldiers had drowned in Galwan river while trying to flee a fierce counter-attack by the Indian Army on the night of June 15, 2020.
However, after 10 months of the clash, the Chinese government had that four of their soldiers had been killed, though according to western media the Chinese army had suffered several casualties in the fighting.
Criticing China's action, India said it was regrettable that China has "chosen to politicise" the games.
"We have seen the reports on this issue," the foreign ministry said today.
"It is indeed regrettable that the Chinese side has chosen to politicise an event like the Olympics. I wish to inform that our Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of India in Beijing will not be attending the opening or the closing ceremony of the Beijing '22 Winter Olympics," the ministry added.
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