Specific arrangements shall be decided upon through mutual consultations between the two sides. The two sides may also consider establishing a Hotline between the military headquarters of the two countries. In implementing border defence cooperation and to facilitate contacts and meetings between relevant organizations, the two sides may establish Border Personnel Meeting sites in all sectors, as well as telephone contacts and telecommunication links at mutually agreed locations along the line of actual control. Meetings of the India-China Annual Defence Dialogue. Meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs.ĥ. Periodic meetings of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India and the Ministry of National Defence of the People’s Republic of China.Ĥ. Periodic meetings between officers of the relevant Military Regions of China and Army Commands of India and between departments responsible for military operations.ģ. Flag meetings or border personnel meetings at designated places along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas.Ģ. Any other way mutually agreed upon by the two sides.īorder deference cooperation visualized in this agreement shall be implemented through the following mechanisms:ġ. Work with the other side in combating natural disasters or infectious diseases that may affect or spread to the other side,ĥ. Assist the other side in locating personnel, livestock, means of transport and aerial vehicles that may have crossed or are possibly in the process of crossing the line of actual control in the India-China border areas,Ĥ. Jointly combat smuggling of arms, wildlife, wildlife articles and other contrabands,ģ. Exchange information-including information about military exercises, aircrafts, demolition operations and unmarked mines-and take consequent measures conducive to the maintenance of peace, stability and tranquility along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas,Ģ. ![]() The two sides shall implement border defence cooperation in the following ways:ġ. The two sides shall carry out border defence cooperation on the basis of their respective laws and relevant bilateral agreements. ![]() Recognizing the importance of materializing the spirit of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility Along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areassigned on 7th September 1993, the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Confidence Building Measures in the Military Field Along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areassigned on 29th November 1996, the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Modalities for the Implementation of Confidence Building Measures in the Military Field Along the Line of Actual Control in India-China Border Areassigned on 11th April 2005 and the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Establishment of a Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairssigned on 17th January 2012, Having accepted the principle of mutual and equal security,Īcknowledging the need to continue to maintain peace, stability and tranquility along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas and to continue implementing confidence building measures in the military field along the line of actual control, ![]() Reaffirming that neither side shall use or threaten to use force against the other side by any means nor seek unilateral superiority, Reiterating that neither side shall use its military capability against the other side and that their respective military strengths shall not be used to attack the other side, The Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the ‘two sides’),įirmly believing that the India-China Strategic and Cooperative Partnership for Peace and Prosperity serves the fundamental interests of the people of the two countries,
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