"Instead of misjudging the situation, the Indian side should cherish the hard-won situation in China-India border areas", said Senior Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesperson for the Western Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), on Monday.
"The Indian side pointed out that the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) had been caused by unilateral attempts of the Chinese side to alter the status-quo and in violation of the bilateral agreements", the statement issued by the Indian Army read. "It was therefore necessary that the Chinese side take appropriate steps in the remaining areas so as to restore peace and tranquility along the LAC in the western sector".
"It is a matter of concern that the large-scale build-up which had occurred, continued to be in place and to sustain that kind of build-up, there has been an equal amount of infrastructure development on the Chinese side. It means that they're there to stay".