India unlikely to enhance military presence

India has taken a conscious decision to not enhance its military deployment along the international border with China.

Informing that focus would be laid on improving the connectivity between the two countries through land routes, authoritative security sources dealing with the security scenario of Northeast told this newspaper that China is also willing to invest more on bilateral trade instead of engaging itself in boarder disputes with India.

Asserting that efforts to build cordial ties between the two neighbours has started yielding positive response, security sources said that Armies of both India and China have started meeting frequently to sort out disputes creating tension between the two neighbours.

Pointing out that incidents of border intrusion have come down significantly, security sources said that the Indian government has planned out schemes to increase connectivity through Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh.

Reeling under the impact of global recession, China has also started investment in India, security sources said, adding that except the defence sector, Chinese companies are turning towards most of the sectors in India.

Both the Armies have also agreed to uphold the treaties and agreements signed between the two nations.