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India and China are close to a breakthrough in establishing a hotline between the two military headquarters as part of an effort to improve border management through a new round of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs).
“The Chinese have returned the draft of the memorandum on establishing a hotline between the two military headquarters. The issue should be closed within one or two months,” visiting Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said at a media conference on Monday.
Focus on CBMs
Mr. Parrikar said that Monday’s talks, first with the Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan, and, in the afternoon, with Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Fan Changlong focused on CBMs through various means including establishing a hotline and increasing the local border meeting points, in addition to the five which have been already activated.
“We would now like to have further interaction” among officials to work out the details, the minister observed.
Clarification of LAC
The Defence Minister said he raised the issue of clarification of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with his interlocutors in order to ensure “stability at the border.” Highly placed sources told The Hindu that the Chinese side agreed to enhance CBMs to bolster border management, but did not demonstrate particular enthusiasm in the clarification of the LAC.
In response to a question, Mr. Parrikar said that neither side specifically raised India’s “in principle” agreement with the United States on the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), though the Chinese side “indicated” its concerns on this topic. “I said that the autonomous policy of India is very clear and it is based on our national interests”, the Defence Minister observed.
Independent foreign policy
The sources pointed out that, without referring to U.S. Defence Secretary Ashton Carter’s visit to India, the Chinese side pointed to India’s READ MORE AT :> http://www.indiandaily.in/india-china-whisker-away-setting-military-hotline/
