India shouldn’t adopt illegal trespass: China

China ‘s criticism of India over the standoff in Sikkim sector continued unabated on Tuesday, with the foreign ministry saying New Delhi should withdraw troops from Donglang region to prevent any escalation and not adopt “illegal trespass” as a policy to achieve its political targets.

The foreign ministry said the impasse had attracted the world’s attention and indicated that members of the diplomatic corps in Beijing had been updated about the standoff.

“The illegal trespass by the Indian border personnel has drawn extensive attention from the international community and many foreign diplomatic missions in China said they were shocked by this,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told a regular news briefing.

“We also stressed that the facts are very clear in this incident. The Sikkim section in the China-India boundary is mutually recognised by the two sides. This time, the Indian border personnel illegally trespassed into Chinese territory,” he said.

“Since the illegal trespass, many diplomats in China felt shocked and (wanted) to confirm whether it was true from the Chinese side… the Chinese side maintained close communication (with the diplomats),” he added. “We stressed that the Indian side should not take the trespass as a policy to reach its political targets.”

China hopes India “gets a clear understanding of the current situation” and takes “immediate (steps to) bring back the personnel who illegally crossed the border to avoid escalation”, Lu said.

Beijing has already made it clear that there is no room for “negotiations” to resolve the military impasse near the Sikkim border and India must withdraw its troops to end the standoff.