INDIA AND CHINA WAR GAMES IN DECEMBER 2007 NEWS HEADLINES REPORT
INDIA CHINA WAR GAMES IN CHINA. INDIA NEWS HEADLINES REPORT: - The Indian Army and Chinese Army will engage themselves in their first war games in China next month but the dates for this are yet to be finalised, an official said Friday. "The Indian delegation has just returned after fruitful talks that were held in a cordial and frank manner," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity Indian and Chinese officials who met for the annual defence dialogue in Beijing earlier this week, also decided that India would host a similar joint India China War games drill in this country next year. Jhulka also met Chen Bingde, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and a member of the Central Military Commission. Bimal Jhulka, joint secretary in the defence ministry headed the Indian side at the talks. Qian Lihua, director of the foreign affairs office of the Chinese defence ministry, led the host delegation. "Military officers of the two countries would soon meet to fix the date of the first drill," the official said.
The India China War games exercise was to have been held in November but was delayed since the two countries could not agree to the dates. The India China War games exercise, to be themed on an "anti-terror scenario in a mountainous region", will see the participation of about 100 soldiers from each side. China's mountainous Chengdu military region has been mentioned as a possible venue for the event. The MoU was seen as a major step forward in improving India-China ties that had remained frosty since the two countries fought a bitter border war in 1962. The annual defence dialogue is a component of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed during then Indian defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to China last year, during which he also toured a number of military establishments in the country. The thaw began in the mid-1980s and the two countries have made considerable progress since then with the two countries putting the border issue on the backburner as they move forward in the economic, political and cultural spheres. The India China war games will bring the military sector within the ambit of the improving ties.
INDIA CHINA WAR GAMES IN CHINA. INDIA NEWS HEADLINES REPORT: - The Indian Army and Chinese Army will engage themselves in their first war games in China next month but the dates for this are yet to be finalised, an official said Friday. "The Indian delegation has just returned after fruitful talks that were held in a cordial and frank manner," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity Indian and Chinese officials who met for the annual defence dialogue in Beijing earlier this week, also decided that India would host a similar joint India China War games drill in this country next year. Jhulka also met Chen Bingde, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and a member of the Central Military Commission. Bimal Jhulka, joint secretary in the defence ministry headed the Indian side at the talks. Qian Lihua, director of the foreign affairs office of the Chinese defence ministry, led the host delegation. "Military officers of the two countries would soon meet to fix the date of the first drill," the official said.
The India China War games exercise was to have been held in November but was delayed since the two countries could not agree to the dates. The India China War games exercise, to be themed on an "anti-terror scenario in a mountainous region", will see the participation of about 100 soldiers from each side. China's mountainous Chengdu military region has been mentioned as a possible venue for the event. The MoU was seen as a major step forward in improving India-China ties that had remained frosty since the two countries fought a bitter border war in 1962. The annual defence dialogue is a component of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed during then Indian defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to China last year, during which he also toured a number of military establishments in the country. The thaw began in the mid-1980s and the two countries have made considerable progress since then with the two countries putting the border issue on the backburner as they move forward in the economic, political and cultural spheres. The India China war games will bring the military sector within the ambit of the improving ties.
