Indian and Chinese military personnel will be meeting in New Delhi on December 9th at the Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) to discuss the resumption of joint military exercises.
India suspended joint military operations in August 2010 after China’s refusal to grant permission to a senior Indian Army Commander to proceed on an official trip to Beijing. The last round of Sino-Indian defence dialogue had taken place in Beijing in January 2010. The first two editions of the army-to-army exercise had taken place in Kunming in China in 2007 and in Belgaum in 2008. Putting an end to the strained military relations, India had sent its first military delegation to Beijing in June this year.
The Indian side will be led by Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma and the Chinese delegation will be headed by a senior People’s Liberation Army official. Talks should include border operations, training exercises, and other joint operations.