The comments follow an Indian government source's claim that Beijing has released 10 Indian soldiers it captured during Monday's deadly Galwan Valley skirmish. China blames India for the military clash that left 20 Indian troops dead.
Indian observers say thousands of troops from both sides face each other in Galwan Valley following controversial Indian construction in high-altitude Ladakh area of India-administered Kashmir, scene of a brief but bloody war in 1962 that India lost.