China is ready to work with India to properly deal with the border standoff, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said Thursday while noting that "suspicion and friction" is a wrong path that goes against the fundamental aspirations of people of the two countries.

In an interview with PTI, Sun said China and India are able to properly manage their differences as the overall situation in the China-India border areas is "stable and controllable."

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He also reiterated that China has sovereignty over the Galwan Valley area, site of last weekend's deadly clashes on the China-India border.

Speaking of the face-off in the area, the ambassador said the incident happened on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Indian forces crossed the LAC first. 

"The Galwan Valley is located on the Chinese side of the LAC, where the ground situation of control and management is very clear. The two sides basically have kept peace for decades. However, since the beginning of this year, the Indian side has continuously built facilities at or crossing the LAC in the Galwan Valley, constantly changing the status quo of ground control. On May 6, the Indian border troops crossed the LAC in the Galwan Valley by night and trespassed into China's territory. They resorted to violent means to create a standoff between the two sides and built infrastructures in an attempt to maintain a permanent presence."

Sun said the Indian side started the fight and violently attacked Chinese military personnel. "On the evening of June 15, the Indian border troops violated the consensus reached at the commander-level meeting and crossed the LAC once again to dismantle Chinese tent. The Chinese side went for negotiation as they used to do while handling border incidents. However, the Indian army suddenly and violently attacked the Chinese officers and soldiers who went for negotiation, causing fierce physical conflicts and casualties between the two sides." he noted.

"The Indian forces seriously violated agreements on border issues between the two countries and severely violated basic norms governing international relations. We urge the Indian side to conduct a thorough investigation, hold the violators accountable, strictly discipline the frontline troops and immediately stop all provocative acts to ensure such incidents will not occur again," Sun stressed,

"China and India are willing and able to properly manage differences. At present, the overall situation in the China-India border areas is stable and controllable. We hope the Indian side meet the Chinese side halfway, avoid taking actions that may complicate the border situation and take concrete actions to maintain stability in the border areas," said the ambassador, adding that China is ready to work with the Indian side to properly deal with the current situation, jointly uphold peace and stability in the border areas, and ensure a sound and steady development of bilateral relations.

(Cover: A commander-level meeting between China's Southern Xinjiang Military District chief and India's 14 Corps commander is held on the Chinese side of the the Line of Actual Control at the China-India border, June 6, 2020. /Xinhua)