Chinese military protests “intrusion” of an Indian drone

The Chinese military on Thursday voiced strong dissatisfaction and opposition to the recent "intrusion" of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into China's airspace, according to a media report

The military said the UAV had crashed and China's border troops have conducted identification and verification of the drone

The Indian UAV "intruded" into China's airspace and crashed recently, and China's border troops have conducted identification and verification over the vehicle, said Zhang Shuili, deputy head of the combat bureau of the Western Theatre Command's joint staff department

He did not provide the exact location of the crash site.

The People's Liberation Army's western theatre command's jurisdiction include Tibet's border region with India

"India's move has infringed upon China's territorial sovereignty, and we are strongly dissatisfied with and opposed to this," Zhang has been quoted by the state-run Xinhua news agency

"We will fulfil our mission and responsibility and defend China's national sovereignty and security resolutely," he said

India is yet to react to the Chinese claim which comes ahead of its Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to New Delhi on December 11.

Wang will attend the foreign ministerial meet of Russia, India, and China.

Indian and China were locked into a 73-day military stand-off at Doklam in the Sikkim section, which was resolved on August 28.

The stand-off put a new strain between India-China ties.