Question

Q. Consider the following events in the Indo-China relations.

What is the correct chronological order of the above events, starting from the earliest time?

• A. 2-1-4-3
• B. 2-1-3-4
• C. 3-4-2-1
• D. 3-4-1-2

Answer 1

The correct option is C 3-4-2-1

Explanation:

• Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility along the Line of Actual Control was signed in 1993 is often seen as a keen effort to transform the LAC into a normal border. It also led to the various confidence-building measures along the border.
• The Special Representative Mechanism was institutionalized in 2003 after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s visit to China to take the dispute away from the officials and “explore from the political perspective the overall relationship and the framework of a boundary settlement”
• Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the Boundary Question was signed in 2005. It had virtually spelt out the contours of a settlement, taking into account the two sides’ 'strategic and reasonable interests”. It had also prescribed that any settlement “should safeguard the interests of their settled populations in the border areas”.
• Border Defence Cooperation Agreement was signed in 2013 to reduce misunderstandings and improve communication between the troops. For Example, Article VI of the agreement prohibits either side from tailing the patrols of the other “in areas where there is no common understanding of the line of actual control”.