Chief of the Army Staff General Bikram Singh received by Director for General Staff Duties Sanjeev Chopra (Photo credit: UN Women Asia & the Pacific)
Operationalisation of a new border defence agreement to deal with recurring troop incursions along the LAC besides improving defence ties, is expected to top the agenda of General Bikram Singh as he starts a rare visit by an Indian Army chief to China from tomorrow.
“Currently India and China maintain exchanges and cooperation at various levels. This is very significant for the two countries,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said here today.
“The visit you mentioned will be an important event in military to military exchanges between China and India,” he said commenting on Singh’s visit at a media briefing.
“We wish full success of this visit so that the mutual trust between the two armies can be enhanced,” he said.
To deal with tensions arising out of the incursions by both sides, India and China signed the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) last year.
Singh’s visit was aimed at implementing a number of steps incorporated by BDCA on the ground, officials said.
The Indian Army chief’s four-day visit is taking place after a gap of nine years.
via Army chief Bikram Singh to begin rare China visit tomorrow – The Times of India.
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