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Bangalore:
Defence Minister A K Antony today said negotiations are in progress at "various levels" to resolve the issue of alleged incursion with China peacefully.
"Our government will take every step to protect the national integrity and security," he said in Bangalore.
New Delhi says soldiers from the People's Liberation Army crossed 10 kilometres (six miles) into Indian territory on April 15 and pitched tents there. Incorrect, says CHinas.
India had asked China on Tuesday to revert to the status quo position in Depsang Valley in Ladakh.
"We have asked the Chinese side to maintain the status quo in this sector (of the western border)," official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin said yesterday, adding, "by this I mean the status quo prior to this incident."
He had also added that "we see this as a face-to-face situation between border personnel of two sides due to differences on their alignment of Line of Actual Control (LAC)".
The term "face-to-face" is not something that India has "conjured up", it is something that is referred to in 2005 Protocol for implementation of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in military field in the LAC in India-China border areas, he had said.
"Our government will take every step to protect the national integrity and security," he said in Bangalore.
New Delhi says soldiers from the People's Liberation Army crossed 10 kilometres (six miles) into Indian territory on April 15 and pitched tents there. Incorrect, says CHinas.
India had asked China on Tuesday to revert to the status quo position in Depsang Valley in Ladakh.
"We have asked the Chinese side to maintain the status quo in this sector (of the western border)," official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin said yesterday, adding, "by this I mean the status quo prior to this incident."
He had also added that "we see this as a face-to-face situation between border personnel of two sides due to differences on their alignment of Line of Actual Control (LAC)".
The term "face-to-face" is not something that India has "conjured up", it is something that is referred to in 2005 Protocol for implementation of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in military field in the LAC in India-China border areas, he had said.
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