NEW DELHI (PTI): Aiming to avoid any misunderstanding on their borders, India and China are planning to set up hotlines between army commanders in-charge of their respective border areas along Jammu and Kashmir and Northeastern states in the next three to four months.
Under the proposal, there will be direct hotline between Indian Army's Udhampur-based Northern Commander and its counterpart in Lanzhou Military Region and the Kolkata-based Eastern Army Commander will have the same facility with the Chinese military region commander in Chengdu, sources said.
They said if the proposal, first mooted at the Annual Defence Dialogue between the two sides last year, is cleared by the Government, the hotlines would be set up within next three to four months.
A similar hotline is being worked out between the Navies of the two countries to avoid any stand-offs in the high seas while patrolling international waters.
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