08 July 2013

News Story: India, China make real forward movement on border pact


BEIJING (PTI): Setting aside recent acrimony over Chinese incursions in Ladakh, India on Saturday said there is "real forward movement" on the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement with China aimed at averting such incidents. 

"There is real forward movement on the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA)", Defence Minister A K Antony who held hectic talks with both civil and military leadership here for the past two days told the Indian media. 

"On most of the provisions of the BDCA there is already real consensus. There are some more discussions needed on some of the areas. The discussions will continue and will arrive at a final conclusion within a reasonable time limit. There is really forward movement on that", he said, wrapping up his visit to Beijing.

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