“A year after the shock of a fatal border clash, tensions remain high with no consensus on how to resolve the issues over an unverified LAC," he noted. “To prevent conflict, both sides should dust off previously agreed confidence-building measures and enforce the less-contentious ones," he suggested. Between 1993 and 2013, China and India reached four agreements on confidence-building measures at governmental and military levels. But when the situation cools down, both countries will have to think about how they can best make the border areas peaceful and tranquil", he noted. “Since the Line of Actual Control in the border areas is not demarcated, it is not rare for face-offs between Chinese and Indian troops, he said.

Source: Mint June 15, 2021 08:15 UTC