NEW DELHI—China said 4 of its soldiers were being killed in last year’s border clash with Indian troops, disclosing casualties for the initially time from the Himalayan melee that killed 20 Indians and ratcheted up tensions involving the nuclear-armed neighbors.

India unveiled its check out of what happened quickly after the incident in June, saying its troops were being killed in the bloody skirmish in which soldiers fought with rocks, batons and golf equipment wrapped in barbed wire. China experienced been silent on casualty figures until eventually Friday, when it introduced posthumous awards for the 4 soldiers.

As it designed the announcement, China laid the blame on India, saying that its troops experienced “deliberately provoked incidents” by attempting to “unilaterally adjust the standing-quo of border handle,” according to the PLA Daily, its primary military services publication.

Tensions remained high for months involving India and China, which share a 2,000-mile border. They pointed fingers at every single other for commencing the combat, saying the other facet was breaking recognized rules and boundaries for troop actions.

According to Indian officials, the violence commenced after Indian soldiers arrived in an location of the Galwan Valley on the border, to guarantee that Chinese forces experienced decamped as portion of an settlement struck involving the two sides. They found that Chinese soldiers remained and experienced commenced developing a new framework on what India considers its facet of the de facto boundary. That sparked an argument, which led to the bloody clash.