Indian and Chinese troops clashed on the disputed Himalayan border in what was the first known incident between two Asian nuclear powers in nearly two years, CNN reported..

The Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement today that soldiers from both sides suffered minor injuries in a clash that took place on Friday in the Tawang sector of northeast India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, a remote and inhospitable region bordering southern China..

The disputed 3,379km border has long been a source of friction between New Delhi and Beijing, with tensions rising sharply in June 2020 when at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed in a clash between the two sides in Aksai China Ladakh.

Speaking to lawmakers on Tuesday, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh accused Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops of trying to "

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In its previous statement, the Indian Ministry of Defense said that both sides "

Singh said the meeting took place on Sunday and the Chinese side was " This issue is also being considered through diplomatic channels, he added..

The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not confirm the incident at a regular briefing on Tuesday..

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Boundary dispute between India and China has dragged on since 1962. As a result, a “line of actual demarcation” was drawn. However, the two countries do not agree on its exact location, and both regularly accuse the other of trespassing or seeking to expand their territory..

Over the years, there have been a number of mostly non-lethal skirmishes over the position of the border, including the last known example in 2021, according to a statement by the Indian Army at the time..

In September, the Indian government said Indian and Chinese troops had begun to disperse from the border region of Gogra Hot Springs in the western Himalayas, two years after border clashes led to strained diplomatic relations..

This statement was made on the eve of a regional summit in Uzbekistan, which was attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping..

In recent years, China has become wary of India's ties to the US as relations between China and the US have deteriorated and the Quad Security Dialogue, which includes India, the US and US allies Japan and Australia, has intensified..

The last time Modi and Chinese leader Xi met was at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali last month, where they shook hands but did not have a bilateral conversation..

Speaking in Parliament last week ahead of the clash, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said there had been "

Recall that the most serious Indo-Chinese skirmish on the Line of Actual Control took place in June 2020.. Clashes between countries kill at least 20 Indian soldiers.