New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that his county would never swallow the "bitter fruit" that is harmful to its sovereignty and defeat "all invasions".

In his address to top military and Communist party officials on the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army, Xi said, "We will never allow any people, organisation or political party to split any part of Chinese territory at any time, in any form."

The statement comes in midst of a border standoff with India and analysts said it showed that the recent parleys between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese officials on the border standoff in Sikkim had not yielded results.

Xi said, "The Chinese people love peace. We will never seek aggression or expansion, but we have the confidence to defeat all invasions.... No one should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that is harmful to our sovereignty, security or development interests."

Xi's statement came two days after he addressed troops after a military parade saying on July 30, saying, "I firmly believe that our gallant military has both confidence and ability to defeat all invading enemies."