Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deleted his account on Sina Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, an Indian government source and the company said, as tensions between the two countries continue to simmer over a border skirmish.

Since posting on Sina Weibo the first time in 2015 during a visit to China, Modi has been an infrequent user of the Chinese social media platform.

Sina Weibo announced the closure of the account late on Wednesday and the removal comes a few days after India banned dozens of Chinese apps, including Sina Weibo and ByteDance’s TikTok, following the border clash between the two nations.

For reasons best known to the Chinese, there was great delay in granting this basic permission

An Indian government source said on Thursday that it took time to get Modi’s account taken down.

The Indian source said all of Modi’s posts on Weibo had been deleted except for two showing pictures of him with Xi.