China on Tuesday responded to border friction with India arising in a disputed area by calling on its neighbor to properly address the issue left over from history through peaceful negotiations.

Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, made the remarks at a news briefing, stressing that the development of bilateral relations is enjoying good momentum.

To solve the dispute, which India called a "China incursion," representatives from the two armies held a flag meeting in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in Ladakh on Tuesday, The Times of India reported.

The paper said a Chinese People's Liberation Army contingent came 10 kilometers inside Indian territory in Burthe in the DBO sector on the night of April 15 and established a tented post there.

The claim was rejected by Hua on Monday, who said that Chinese frontier troops were patrolling on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and never crossed it.

Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson for India's ministry of external affairs, said India had asked China to maintain the status quo prior to the incident in this sector (of the western border), said the newspaper.

Hu Shisheng, an expert on South Asia research at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times Tuesday that frequent charges of this kind from both sides were rooted in different perceptions of the LAC, especially on the western and eastern sections.

Hu said such conflicts would be unavoidable for a long time, while playing down the possibility of resorting to violence as the solution.

"Not one bullet was fired between the two nations arising from the border dispute since 1967," said Hu, attributing it to the farsightedness of leaders of both countries, which have been in the process of overall development, or "rising."

Akbaruddin also cited a protocol reached in 2005 to handle such issues, which said both sides should exercise self-restraint and take all necessary steps to avoid an escalation.

"Such frictions will be resolved in a more effective way with greater consensus reached," said Hu. "But it will take a long time before the current divergence is completely settled."