Following the line of the previous UPA government, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the repeated incursion attempts by China were due to difference of perception about border and leaders from both the countries have been in talks to resolve the issue.

“Incursions along the border take place due to the difference of perception about boundary,” Singh told reporters, reacting to reports that Chinese troops recently have made two incursion attempts in Demchok and Chumar areas of Ladakh sector.

The incursion bids by the Chinese People’s Liberation (PLA) came even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised on the need to find a solution to the boundary question during their meeting in Fortaleza in Brazil on Tuesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

Singh said heads of both the countries are in talks to resolve border issues. The minister said such incursions had taken place in the past too and that the Chinese soldiers were pushed back by Indian security personnel. “Sometimes they enter and our forces push them back,” he said.

The latest incident occurred in Charding Nilu Nullah Junction in Demchok sector on Tuesday when PLA personnel entered the area on their vehicles in the wee hours, claiming it to be Chinese territory, official sources said. The PLA soldiers who wanted to have a round of the area were stopped by the Indian army and personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

After a 30-minute long stand-off followed by a banner drill where armies of both the countries warned each other against moving a step forward, the PLA personnel returned to their side, the sources said.

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