India and China on Tuesday agreed to maintain peace and tranquility on the disputed border between the two countries and work towards early implementation of Border Defence Co-operation Agreement (BDCA) as part of additional confidence building measure.
These issues came up for discussion in the 17th round of two-day talks here between Special Representatives of two countries to resolve the boundary dispute lingering for the last five decades. National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon represented India while Yang Jiechi-led the Chinese delegation for the parleys ending Tuesday.
Incidentally, Defence Secretaries of the two countries will hold the Annual Defence Dialogue here on February. Issues like transgressions by the Chinese troops into the India and ways to resolve face-offs in a peaceful manner at the local commander level, more exchanges between the service officers of the two countries and related issues are expected to come up during the dialogue.
Giving details of the talks between Menon and Jiechi, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said the Special Representatives elaborated on possible additional confidence-building measures, including the early implementation of BDCA.
Signed late last year, BDCA spells out a series of measures to enhance coordination between the armies of the two countries along the disputed 4,057 km long line of Actual Control(lAC). The agreement was signed in the wake of repeated incursions by the Chinese Army into India and a 20-day face off between the Chinese and Indian armies in Depsang Valley after the Chinese intruded more than 20 km.