China has responded to VK Singh's, India"transgressed" more time, remark and said it was "unwitting confession."China has also alleged that India's “frequent acts of trespass” were the rootcause of border unrest.
VK Singh, the minister of state for road transport andhighways said told the reporters in Madurai that China had transgressed severaltime "with his own perception of LAC" across the LAC.
Singh then added, “Similarly, none of you come to knowhow many times we have transgressed as per our perception. Chinese media doesnot cover it”. He also underlined, “Let me assure you, if China hastransgressed 10 times, we must have done it at least 50 times," accordingto a report published in The Wire.
In response to Singh's remarks, Wang Wenbin, the spokespersonof Chinese foreign ministry said that it was a confession of allegedencroachments by India.
Wenbin said, “This is an unwitting confession by theIndian side. For a long time, the Indian side has conducted frequent acts oftrespass in the border area in an attempt to encroach on China’s territory andconstantly created disputes and frictions, which is the root cause of the tensionsat the China-India border.”
He also added, “We urge the Indian side to follow throughon the consensus, agreements and treaties it reached with China, and upholdpeace and stability in the border region with concrete actions."
Wenbin answered this question after the daily briefingended. These remarks came in the backdrop of ongoing impasse or stand-offbetween India and China since may 2020 in eastern Ladakh.