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Peace along border with China: Antony

P.S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE: Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Sunday expressed satisfaction that "there is, by and large, peace and tranquillity along the India-China border, even though there is no well-defined Line of Actual Control (LAC)."

Discounting the "minor aberrations" that might take place "here and there" along the LAC, Mr. Antony hailed the latest bilateral accord on the army-to-army joint exercise as "a major breakthrough."

The Minister briefly met Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, during the sixth Asia Security Conference, which concluded here on Sunday.

Speaking on the sidelines of the conference organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mr. Antony emphasised that Army Chief J.J. Singh, who recently visited China and firmed up the accord on joint exercise, was indeed given "a rousing reception at the highest level."

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