China's military made moves near disputed border in Ladakh regionIndia says its soldiers thwarted "provocative" movements by China's military near a disputed border in the Ladakh region, but China's foreign ministry maintains its border troops "never crossed the line of actual control".To get more China latest news, you can visit shine news official website.

Months into the rival nations' deadliest stand-off in decades, local military commanders from the two countries were meeting along the disputed frontier to "resolve the issues", India's defence ministry said.It added India was committed to dialogue "but is also equally determined to protect its territorial integrity".

The statement said China's People's Liberation Army on Saturday night (local time) "carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo" and "violated the previous consensus arrived at during military and diplomatic engagements" to settle the standoff in the cold-desert region.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a news briefing that both sides were in communication regarding the situation on the ground.

India's defence ministry issued its statement after a gap of a day and did not give details of the nature of the new conflict.The statement said Indian troops "undertook measures to strengthen our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground".It said the activity took place on the southern bank of Pangong Lake, a glacial lake divided by the de facto frontier between the rivals and where the India-China face-off began in early May.

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