China says situation 'stable' on India border: AFP

In its first reaction on the clashes along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang on December 9 , China has said that situation remains stable on the India border, according to news agency AFP.

Chinese foreign minister spokeserson Wang Wenbin said that the China-India border situation is stable overall and added that the two sides maintained unobstructed dialogue on the border issue through diplomatic and military channels.

Hours after the comments by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the Sino-India border situation, Senior Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesman of the Western Theatre Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), issued a statement, claiming that the clash on December 9 took place when its troops on regular patrol on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) were blocked by Indian soldiers.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wenbin addressing a media briefing said the two sides have maintained smooth communication on border-related issues through diplomatic and military channels.

Wang, however, declined to provide details of the December 9 clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers at the Yangtse area of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector.

Earlier in the day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a statement in Parliament in New Delhi on the incident in the Tawang sector.

"The Indian Army bravely prevented the PLA from encroaching on our territory, and forced them to withdraw to their posts. Some soldiers from both sides were injured in the skirmish," he said in his statement in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

(With PTI inputs)