China has defended its border patrols after reports of fresh face-offs in Arunachal Pradesh. India said existing diplomatic and military mechanisms remain in place to address tensions along the Line of Actual Control.
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China on Monday defended its activities along the border with India, saying its troops carry out routine patrols and management tasks in line with bilateral agreements, a day after it was drawn into reports of fresh face-offs between the two sides in Arunachal Pradesh.
Reacting to the reports, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, “China has consistently and strictly abided by the relevant agreements and important understandings between the two countries, conducting routine patrols and management activities in the border areas to safeguard territorial sovereignty and border stability. China and India remain in communication through diplomatic and military channels.”
“China hopes India will work in the same direction to jointly implement the understandings reached by both sides and take concrete steps to maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas,” he added.
The remarks followed the position set out by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday, when it was asked about reports of continuing face-offs involving the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Eastern state. Declining to go into specifics, the MEA referred queries to the Ministry of Defence.
The MEA said, “Insofar as the specifics are concerned, I would refer you to the Ministry of Defence. As we have noted in the past, the situation in the India-China border areas gets disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces diverge from established patrolling patterns. Both sides continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control. The two sides have also agreed to discuss ways to improve understanding of LAC in appropriate areas for better border management.”
“I would also like to emphasise that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations,” it added.
The exchange comes against the backdrop of the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary question, held in Beijing on August 25. Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to the guidance of their leaders, to keeping the border areas peaceful and to creating conditions for the steady growth of ties.
They also pledged to push forward negotiations on a framework for settling the boundary question, in keeping with the 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles and the consensus reached in later SR talks, with the aim of arriving at a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution.
The two sides further agreed that any situation on the ground would be dealt with promptly through existing diplomatic and military channels, including the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border affairs, local commander-level meetings and other agreed mechanisms, so as to resolve outstanding issues and prevent misunderstanding and miscalculation along the LAC.
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