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On the 22nd of October, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be travelling to Beijing. Sources have told Headlines Today, that in all likelihood, the two sides will sign the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement or the BDCA during this visit.
Here are some of the exclusive details of what the Indian side is pushing for in the final draft. Firstly, all individual border agreements will be brought under one umbrella of the BDCA. This will prevent any confusion on either side.
Secondly, India will ask for an additional level of meeting of the two armies at the border. This will be over and above a border level flag meeting. It will help address major issues, like the face-off in the Daulat Beg Oldie sector. It will be conducted by a fairly senior level army official, above the rank of a Colonel. Such a meeting will help resolve the matter at the army level itself rather than the matter being escalated to New Delhi and Beijing and diplomatic bells ringing.
Finally, greater transparency in movement on the border will be sought by India. Sharing of patrol information in advance will be the key to this point in the agreement.
It is also believed that officials from India and China discussed the BDCA at the fourth meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs that took place last week in Beijing.
Both sides are making an attempt to bring down tensions that were sparked off this year after audacious incursion attempts by China. In April this year, a face-off situation developed in the Depsang valley that lasted for 21- days with Chinese forces having pitched a tent 18kms inside Indian territory. A contingent of Chinese troops entered Arunachal Pradesh in August this year and camped there for four days. However, it was dismissed by the Ministry of External Affairs as 'non-event'.
China has been pushing India to sign the border defence cooperation agreement for almost a year now. It was believed that China was insisting on lowering military presence on the border which was not acceptable to India. New Delhi was in fact looking at and is strengthening military presence along the LAC especially after the recent incidents. Both sides hope till a final solution on the boundary dispute can be found, the least that can be done is to maintain peace and tranquility on the border.
Read more at: Exclusive: India and China preparing to ink Border Defence Cooperation Agreement during Manmohan Singh's Beijing visit : Featured, News - India Today
Here are some of the exclusive details of what the Indian side is pushing for in the final draft. Firstly, all individual border agreements will be brought under one umbrella of the BDCA. This will prevent any confusion on either side.
Secondly, India will ask for an additional level of meeting of the two armies at the border. This will be over and above a border level flag meeting. It will help address major issues, like the face-off in the Daulat Beg Oldie sector. It will be conducted by a fairly senior level army official, above the rank of a Colonel. Such a meeting will help resolve the matter at the army level itself rather than the matter being escalated to New Delhi and Beijing and diplomatic bells ringing.
Finally, greater transparency in movement on the border will be sought by India. Sharing of patrol information in advance will be the key to this point in the agreement.
It is also believed that officials from India and China discussed the BDCA at the fourth meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs that took place last week in Beijing.
Both sides are making an attempt to bring down tensions that were sparked off this year after audacious incursion attempts by China. In April this year, a face-off situation developed in the Depsang valley that lasted for 21- days with Chinese forces having pitched a tent 18kms inside Indian territory. A contingent of Chinese troops entered Arunachal Pradesh in August this year and camped there for four days. However, it was dismissed by the Ministry of External Affairs as 'non-event'.
China has been pushing India to sign the border defence cooperation agreement for almost a year now. It was believed that China was insisting on lowering military presence on the border which was not acceptable to India. New Delhi was in fact looking at and is strengthening military presence along the LAC especially after the recent incidents. Both sides hope till a final solution on the boundary dispute can be found, the least that can be done is to maintain peace and tranquility on the border.
Read more at: Exclusive: India and China preparing to ink Border Defence Cooperation Agreement during Manmohan Singh's Beijing visit : Featured, News - India Today
