Question

Match the following Panchsheel Principles to their meanings.

• A. Cooperation
• B. Live and let live policy
• C. No intervention in internal politics
• D. No aggressive actions

Answer 1

The Panchsheel principles and their meanings are as follows:

• Mutual non-aggression meant that the member nations would not take aggressive actions in the military or political sphere.
• Mutual non-interference meant that the member nations would not intervene in internal politics and policies of another country.
• Equality and mutual benefit meant that the member nations would try to cooperate with each other. This is similar to the give and take policy.
• Peaceful co-existence meant that the member nations would pursue ‘live and let live policy’.