China 'regrets' media reports on India boundary question

The Foreign Ministry on Monday refuted reports that Chinese troops crossed the line of actual control (LAC) between China and India last week.

"It is learnt that China's border troops were carrying out normal patrols on the Chinese side of the LAC. There is no such a thing as a 'border crossing'", said Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang.

He expressed "deep regret" over relevant reports, saying "some media twisted the fact and hyped up the China-India boundary question".

He said the China-India relationship is "enjoying a sound momentum of development", and that he hopes relevant media can describe objectively the situation along the two countries' border and do more to promote the two countries' friendship, mutual trust and ties.

The Chinese and Indian governments signed a border defense cooperation agreement in October 2013 during former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to China.