China said on Thursday that an Indian drone recently “invaded” its airspace before crashing in the Chinese side of the Sikkim border, prompting it to lodge a diplomatic protest with India over the violation of its territorial sovereignty. Geng said China has urged India to stop the “activities” of such devices at the border and work with China to maintain peace at the border. “The Indian UAV intruded into China’s airspace and crashed recently, and China’s border troops have conducted identification and verification over the vehicle,” Xinhua quoted Zhang Shuili, deputy head of the combat bureau of the Western Theater Command’s joint staff department, as saying. China accused Indian troops in June of trespassing into Doklam, which the Chinese refer to as Donglang, a disputed territory on the China-Bhutan-India trijunction near the Sikkim border. Incidents involving drones have erupted before between the India, China and Pakistan.

Source: Hindustan Times December 07, 2017 03:07 UTC