India, China Ink Key Border Pact; To Boost Economic Ties

China also became a signatory to the establishment of the Nalanda University, coming up in Bihar, under the aegis of the East Asia Summit. Both sides inked an agreement on cooperation on road transport, and on setting up of sister cities - between Delhi-Beijing, Bangalore-Chengdu and Kolkata-Kunming.

According to the border agreement, troops of India and China will not tail each other’s patrols and during face-to-face situations both sides will exercise maximum self-restraint. It also envisages a hot line between the headquarters of the two armies, the right to ask for clarifications about the other side's troops activity and getting the troops into “more friendly” interactions with each other.

It reiterates that “neither side shall use its military capability against the other side and their respective military strengths shall not be used to attack the other side”.

Premier Li said that he and Manmohan Singh were in agreement that both have “more common interests than differences” and both have confidence that the leadership of both sides “have the ability to manage differences along the border”.

Manmohan Singh said that both agreed “that the prosperity and progress of 2.5 billion Indian and Chinese people would be a major factor of Asian resurgence and global prosperity and stability”.

Both sides have resolved to “realize the full promise of our partnership and maintain the friendliest of relations. This will be our strategic vision”.

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