China on Tuesday urged India to strictly control and manage its frontline troops and together with China to maintain peace along the border areas.

Senior Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, made the remarks on Tuesday while confirming that Indian troops illegally crossed the line to obstruct Chinese border troops' routine patrol on the Chinese side of the actual control line in the Dongzhang area of the eastern section of the Sino-Indian border on December 9.

Both sides have disengaged from contact, the spokesperson added.