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India needs a new set of border pacts, says Arunachal governor

Lt-Gen Parnaik emphasized the need for new border agreements and ... Read More
NEW DELHI: India needs a new set of border agreements and protocols for China, which can be implemented with clarity and also "create arguments to dispel Chinese dynastic claims with our civilisational counter-claims", Arunachal Pradesh governor Lt-General K T Parnaik (retd) said on Friday.

"We have a peculiar situation with (existing) agreements and protocols mainly framed to suit the PLA, with no settlement of boundary cartographic invasions and an invisible non-designated line to defend," Lt-Gen Parnaik said. "With 'No Use of Weapons', we are disadvantaged along LAC. Frequent PLA intrusions violating the agreements is a critical and sensitive issue that needs a firm sense of reciprocity and leverage, whether (through) a 'Quad' as part of diplomatic/strategic partnership or a tactical 'QPQ' (quid pro quo) in an unmarked boundary situation," he added.
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