Question

X is also known as the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. It was first signed between India and China in 1954. Identify X and elaborate on its principles.​

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Identify the agreement.​
• Describe the agreement.​
• Elaborate on the five principles of ​
• the agreement.​

Solution:

• X is the Panchsheel agreement, ​
• which is also known as the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.​
• It serves as the foundation of ​
• India—China relations.​

Panchsheel agreement​

• Panchsheel were first formally enunciated in the Agreement of Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India. The agreement was signed on 29 April 1954 in Beijing by the Indian Ambassador N. Raghavan and Chang Han-fu, the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister. ​
• The agreement aimed at advancing economic and security cooperation between the two nations. ​

Five principles of Panchsheel:​

• Mutual respect for each other's sovereignty and integrity​
• Mutual non-aggression​
• Mutual non-interference in each other's internal issues​
• Equality and mutual benefit​
• Peaceful co-existence​