The territorial dispute, which led to the battle, dates back 50 years but it developed into a political and military crisis only this summer.

Every territorial dispute far away gives rise to two counsels of despair.

The territorial dispute has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to mark the end of the war.

The decision to declare war had been made six months earlier so the territorial dispute appears to be only a pretext.

When a territorial dispute occurs, they vocalize, swat, and can sometimes sit on or even ride the back of their opponents.