New Delhi: A day after Indian government denied that the Chinese troops had crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region, China on Tuesday denied a media reports that its soldiers intruded into the region. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Chinese border guards had not crossed a border between the countries in the Himalayan region in northern India.
"Chinese border personnel have respected the two agreements between the two countries on maintaining peace and tranquility in the border area, and have never crossed the Line of Actual Control," he said during a regular news conference.
Indian media on Monday that armed Chinese soldiers made an incursion into Ladakh region last September, threatening an Indian contractor and his workers building a bus station near Demchok in India's Leh region. Construction had since been halted, it said.
India's External Affairs Ministry later Monday called the media report baseless, saying it was "not a cause for concern." "It will be recollected that there are differences in perception between India and China on the Line of Actual Control in this area," a ministry statement said.
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