External affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Monday in New Delhi that India and China are holding flag meetings to address the issue of incursion. However, China claims it has not done anything wrong. It says "China's position is firm and clear and that they have been abiding by the agreement of the two countries having normal patrol on Chinese side and never trespassed the LAC". A face-off of this kind last occurred in 1986 in the Sumdorong Chu Valley in the Eastern Sector. At that time about 40 Chinese troops intruded into the Indian side. That provoked a strong diplomatic protest from New Delhi. At that time too, Beijing claimed that its troops were patrolling in Chinese territory and sent in reinforcements, taking their number up to about 200. But India responded with a major counter deployment effort that saw Indian troops occupying key hill features surrounding the Valley. This was done alongside a diplomatic effort, which eventually led to a foreign minister's visit to China, and the eventual withdrawal of troops.
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