China’s patrolling deviations disturb border: MEA on ITBP DG's face-offs remark

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India's Ministry of External Affairs said deviations by Chinese patrols from established patterns periodically disturb the border, while avoiding details of a recent face-off. It said diplomatic and military mechanisms remain in use to address outstanding issues and prevent misunderstandings along the Line of Actual Control.

The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday did not go into the specifics of the latest face-off, choosing to refer the issue to the defence ministry, but said Chinese divergence from established patrolling patterns created disturbances at the border from time to time. The official said both sides continued to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the LAC.