In the wake of recent face-off at the lAC in ladakh, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday made it clear that incursions by Chinese Army were unacceptable, but said security forces should refrain from “misadventure” to prevent escalation of any tension on border.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Rijiju, while referring to recent incursion of Chinese PlA in ladakh, said, “These incidents are happening. But we are very, very clear this time that we will not accept any kind of their (Chinese) intrusion into our territory and we will not concede. This is something we are not going to accept.”

While making it clear that India wanted a peaceful atmosphere along the 4,056-km lAC with China, the Minister, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, said, “But we are very firm about our position and we should not let our territory or our perceived territory to go into the hands of the other side. We are very clear on that. This should not be construed as we being too aggressive or trying to destabilise the situation along the border.”

He said some of the areas along the Sino-Indian border are not very well demarcated and Indian forces “go to the very point and Chinese PlA also come and sometime cross the area which India sees as its territory”.

Rijiju, at the same time, said security forces would not carry out any kind of “misadventure” or get into confrontation which will lead to unnecessary strains in ties or escalate tension in the border areas. He was replying to queries about repeated incursions by Chinese troops in ladakh especially when India was hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Delhi.