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Incursion issue: China tones down rhetoric, urges patience

PTI Apr 25, 2013, 09.09PM IST
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BEIJING: Toning down its rhetoric on incursion, China today counselled patience saying favourable conditions should be created for the two countries to solve the issue through friendly consolations.

At separate media briefings, both the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Defence Ministry maintained that the People's Liberation Army ( PLA) had not intruded into India and had not caused any "provocation".

Urging the media to be patient, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, "We also believe that the two sides continue to solve the issue in a friendly manner and we will not let the issue affect border peace and security and normal development of China-India relations".


The Chinese Defence Ministry too refuted reports that it troops and aircraft trespassed the LAC.


Yang told the local media here that Chinese and Indian border troops are maintaining communications through existing channels to resolve the issue.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, "I do not agree with your allegation that it is the Chinese side that has caused the provocation between the border troops".


"It is inevitable for problems to prop up in border areas. When there is a problem it should be resolved through friendly consultations though existing mechanisms and channels", she said.


She was replying to questions about the intrusion of Chinese troops at the Depsang Valley in Ladakh.