“I can tell you that the Chinese border troops have been operating on the Chinese side of the LAC. Although the China-India boundary is yet to be delimited the two countries have reached many consensus and agreements on safeguarding peace and stability of the border area,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing here. “This issue is once again published by the Indian media outlets,” Hua said while replying to a question over the stand off between Indian and China troops in Demchok. We believe that we can maintain peace and tranquility of the border area”. While China says the border dispute covers Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as Southern Tibet, India asserts that the dispute covered Aksai Chin area which was occupied by China during the 1962 war.

Source: Hindustan Times November 04, 2016 10:06 UTC