CHINA-INDIA: NORTHEAST

 China's Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujunat the regular press briefing on October 30, 2014 "urged India not to take actions that will complicate the situation on the border, where the two countries have territorial disputes" He was replying to a question on India's plan to build 54 border posts near "the southern Tibet area". He added "We have taken notice of the reports. China and India have disputes over the eastern part of their border. We hope India will try to help maintain stability and peace in the border areas, instead of taking moves that may further complicate the situation." 

 
Another Question asked: We know that India and China have set up a working mechanism on solving border disputes. They recently held a meeting under this mechanism in New Delhi and obviously there were several issues discussed. Have the issues of building new roads and new sentry posts in the India-China border area been discussed in this meeting? And India’s view is that China has an extensive network of roads and infrastructure on its side, and so India is also trying to build up those things on the Indian side, to improve the living standard of the civilians and promote the development in those areas. How do you respond to such a stance of India?
 
The spokesman replied: I think that the roads built by the Indian side you are talking about are in the eastern part of the China-India border, and I have just mentioned that the eastern part of the China-India border is a disputed area.
 
China’s position on the disputed area is clear and consistent. It is an important consensus reached by the two sides to maintain peace and stability along the line of actual control and both sides should make joint efforts to go in a converging direction.
 
And on the recent border affairs consultation between China and India, you were talking about the conference held in mid-October in New Delhi on border affairs and coordination mechanism. During the meeting, lots of consensus were reached on maintaining the stability along the China-India border area, and some measures that have been agreed to be taken during the meeting also involved the Chinese military.
 
For example, both sides agreed to establish exchange or liaison mechanisms between the headquarters of the two militaries, between the neighboring military regions and between the frontier defense units.
 
And along the line of actual control, there will be more meeting points set up and the headquarters of the two militaries will be linked by a hotline, and telecommunication channels will also be set up between the frontier defense units of the two countries, etc.
 
I think these agreements reached during the meeting are very positive in improving China-India relations, and they are also concrete measures to put into practice the Joint Communiqué signed and other agreements reached by the two sides during the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in September.
 
They will help strengthen communications and interactions between the two militaries, especially between the border defense troops of the two countries, so as to deal with border issues in a timely and proper manner.
 






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