India, Oct. 23 -- India said on Friday that the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is disturbed whenever Chinese troops "diverge from established patrolling patterns" and reiterated its stated position that peace and tranquillity on the border is crucial for the overall development of bilateral ties.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal made the remarks at a regular media briefing, a day after Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) director general Shatrujeet Kapur indicated that a "face-off" with Chinese forces had occurred at several locations along the border in Arunachal Pradesh in recent days.

"In the past few days, a situation arose where face-offs occurred at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh and t...