China has categorically refuted reports about an 'incursion' by Chinese troops into India's Ladakh region.

China's foreign ministry on Friday dismissed claims that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) personnel entered into the Demchok sector in Ladakh region and stopped construction works on an irrigation canal project.

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"I can tell you that the Chinese border troops have been operating on the Chinese side of the LAC," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said during a regular press briefing on Friday.

"Although the China-India boundary is yet to be delimited, the two countries have reached many consensus and agreements on safeguarding peace and stability of the border area," Hua noted. "This issue is once again published by Indian media outlets. Either side shall not take action that may unilaterally change the status quo of LAC."

On Thursday, media reports said that Chinese and Indian forces were engaged in a major standoff in Demchok area of Ladakh after PLA personnel entered into the area and stopped an irrigation canal project.

"The Chinese Army came on Wednesday afternoon and stayed till night. They went back and returned this morning," a senior Indian government official claimed. "It's an eyeball-to-eyeball situation there. Both the sides have held their ground."

Indian border force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), has also denied that it had engaged in a major face-off with Chinese forces along the Line of Actual Control in Demchok area on Wednesday afternoon.

"No Chinese incursion across LAC. Issues relating construction projects on both sides of LAC being resolved," the ITBP said in a statement on Thursday. 

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