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| India-China exercise set to begin |
| India and China are due to begin a joint military exercise, the first of its kind between the world's two largest armies.
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| INDIA
, 20-December-2007
0:53:1 AM |
| The exercise is taking place between 20 and 28 December in China's Chengdu military region.
It will involve a company of troops each, just over 100 officers and men, from both sides.
India and China fought a brief but bloody border war in October 1962 over a disputed Himalayan frontier.
The situation eased after the two countries signed a treaty for peace and tranquillity in 1993, agreeing to reduce troop levels on the borders.
Nearly 100 Indian soldiers have arrived in China for the exercise, according to reports.
These troops have been picked up from forces fighting insurgencies in restive north-eastern India and Indian-administered Kashmir, reports said.
Indian forces are carrying their personal weapons, light machine guns and mortars. The armoury - tanks, helicopter gunships and unmanned aerial vehicles - are being provided by the Chinese army.
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