BEIJING: China today asked India to respect the Line of Actual Control and refrain from "hyping up" the boundary issue and work with it to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas.The Chinese Foreign Ministry 's remarks came in response to a report that China has lodged a strong protest with New Delhi, alleging "transgression" by the Indian troops in the strategically sensitive Asaphila area along Arunachal Pradesh . The Indian side has dismissed Beijing's complaint.Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang skirted a direct response to the report and said, " I do not understand the specific state of affairs that you mentioned that happened recently on the Sino-Indian border". The Chinese government has never acknowledged the so-called Arunachal Pradesh," he said. It is not strange to have such kind of cooperation. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to due to visit China in June to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in the Chinese city of Qingdao.

Source: Economic Times April 09, 2018 09:22 UTC