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China, India strike deal on defence

Beijing allays New Delhi's fears over Brahmaputra dam

Agencies
China and India yesterday signed an agreement on border defence cooperation after a stand-off along their disputed frontier in April fuelled fears of conflict between the Asian giants.
The agreement, signed after talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, also said both countries agreed to strengthen their cooperation further on trans-border rivers that is aimed at allay-
ing India's concerns over new dams on the Brahmaputra and facilitating the exchange of flood data.
Manmohan Singh, visiting Beijing to seek a breakthrough in the territorial row that has soured relations for decades, witnessed the signing of the pact alongside Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
The agreement will “help to maintain peace, tranquillity and stability in our border areas", Li said following the ceremony. No further details were immediately available. It was expected to include provisions for better communications between the two armies, although analysts played down its significance.
Manmohan told reporters: "We account for 2.5 billion people on this Earth and when India and China shake hands, the world notices."
The frontier agreement "will add to the existing instruments to ensure peace, stability and predictability on our borders”, he added.
Under the new trans-border rivers agreement, the Chinese side agreed to provide more flood data of Brahmaputra river from May to October instead of June to October that was in vogue under the previous agreements river water agreements in 2008 and 2010.
India has expressed concerns over China's plans to construct more dams which New Delhi fears could restrict the flows of the H imalayan river flowing from Tibet.
China for its parts assured India that its dams are run of the river projects not designed to hold water.
China and India fought a brief war in 1962 and the border between them has never been properly demarcated, although they have signed accords to maintain peace.
In April this year India accused Chinese troops of intruding nearly 20 kilometres into Indian-held territory, sparking a standoff that was only resolved three weeks later when troops from both sides eventually pulled back. Harsh Pant, of the defence studies department at King's College London, said the agreement was a "significant takeaway" for Singh, but was not likely to resolve substantive differences between them.
"Anything that restores normalcy on the borders is a welcome development though this pact is unlikely to resolve the border row," he said in emailed comments.
Li said the two would hold joint counterterrorism training in southwest China and " strengthen cooperation to combat terrorism".
China blames "terrorist" groups for incidents in its far western region of Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs, and has in the past linked clashes to groups trained in neighbouring Pakistan.
Delhi and Beijing signed nine agreements in total yesterday, including separate memorandums of understanding to strengthen cooperation on transborder rivers and transport.
China is India's biggest trading partner, with two-way commerce totalling $67.83 billion in the last fiscal year, up from $2.1 billion in 2001-02.
But India's trade deficit with its neighbour soared to $40.77 billion last year from just $ 1.08 billion in 2001-02, Indian figures show.
Manmohan - on probably his last trip to China as prime minister -- called the deficit "unsustainable" after his meeting with Li, who said the two countries "agree to pursue trade and mutual investment in a parallel fashion".