The Army and Indian Air Force denied any incursion from China in Arunachal Pradesh and brushed aside the border problems as minor hiccups. Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of Eastern Air Command, Air Marshall P K Borbora said, ‘’There has been no incursion of Indian land by Chinese army in any form whatsoever.’’

Meanwhile, ahead of major high-level visits, India and China signalled progress on the vexed boundary issue in the negotiations between the two Special Representatives, who concluded “useful and positive” discussions.

Conceding that the people in the bordering areas do move into the neighbouring nations territory at times, Air Marshall Borbora said,  “But it is common to any border and there is no danger from such movement.’’ Not far from Digaru, in the Narengi army cantonment, G-O-C of 4 Corps Lt General G S Jaswal General Jaswal ruled out any incursion. ‘’There are some border questions and we are resolving it through periodic Border Personnel Meetings (BPM),’’ he said.

Air Marshall Borbora said border firing between troops is a regular phenomenon that takes place at almost all international borders and there was no war threat at the Chinese border.

He stated that the border confusion with China arises at times as the latter was not called for discussion by the then-ruling British forces while demarcating the international border. Talks with other border nations were held before fixing the border.

He said, ‘’ We abide by the McMohan line and protect our territory as fixed by it.’’

McMohan line is an imaginary boundary line between India and China and it was drawn when Tibet was not a part of China.

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