China illegally claims approximately 90,000 square kilometres of Indian territory including Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday.

"Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and the government has conveyed this fact to the Chinese side," Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

In reply to another query, he said China disputes the international boundary with India.

Since 1993, the two governments have agreed to maintain peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China and border areas, without prejudice to their respective positions on the alignment of the LAC as well as on the boundary question, he said.

Mukherjee said both sides have agreed to clarify the LAC and to take up perceived violations through established mechanisms including the Joint Working Group, the Expert Group, border personnel meetings, flag meetings and diplomatic channels.

Kaladan: The Kaladan multi-modal transit transport facility providing connectivity between Indian ports on the eastern seaboard and the Sittwe port in Myanmar will be completed in five years from its date of commencement, Mukherjee said in reply to a separate question.

Work on the project will begin after the agreement and protocols are signed by India and Myanmar, he said.

The project will provide an alternate route for transport of goods to north-east India through Myanmar, Mukherjee said.


http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/27china.htm

Some comments below on that article is interesting too.

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Originally posted by rewind_plz China illegally claims approximately 90,000 square kilometres of Indian territory including Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday. "Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and the government has conveyed this fact to the Chinese side," Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. In reply to another query, he said China disputes the international boundary with India. Since 1993, the two governments have agreed to maintain peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China and border areas, without prejudice to their respective positions on the alignment of the LAC as well as on the boundary question, he said. Mukherjee said both sides have agreed to clarify the LAC and to take up perceived violations through established mechanisms including the Joint Working Group, the Expert Group, border personnel meetings, flag meetings and diplomatic channels. Kaladan: The Kaladan multi-modal transit transport facility providing connectivity between Indian ports on the eastern seaboard and the Sittwe port in Myanmar will be completed in five years from its date of commencement, Mukherjee said in reply to a separate question. Work on the project will begin after the agreement and protocols are signed by India and Myanmar, he said. The project will provide an alternate route for transport of goods to north-east India through Myanmar, Mukherjee said. http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/27china.htm Some comments below on that article is interesting too.

hopefully a full out war over the land takes place and each country increases its military budget resulting in greater revenue for US firms that manufacture military equipment and technology.

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 hopefully a full out war over the land takes place and each country increases its military budget resulting in greater revenue for US firms that manufacture military equipment and technology.

not to mention a good thinning of the population.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard not to mention a good thinning of the population.

Also a good thing for the environment that so many people just might die as a result of this war.

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Originally posted by guerra-monstru Also a good thing for the environment that so many people just might die as a result of this war.

but then who will answer our complaint calls to major corporations and who will make toys and toothpaste that kill our children?

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 but then who will answer our complaint calls to major corporations and who will make toys and toothpaste that kill our children?

The affrican call center's aren't too far off in teh distant future.....

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp The affrican call center's aren't too far off in teh distant future.....

i wonder if the african people will also have names like jennifer, susan, and michael?

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 hopefully a full out war over the land takes place and each country increases its military budget resulting in greater revenue for US firms that manufacture military equipment and technology.

+ greater revenue for Russian firms

+ a good thinning of the population in both countries.

= +1

Breaks it out...



seriously though, I had no idea there was border disputes between the two...

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 hopefully a full out war over the land takes place and each country increases its military budget resulting in greater revenue for US firms that manufacture military equipment and technology.

news flash jerz, India makes due very well with their own "diabolical military industrial complex"

we have little to do with it.

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Breaks it out...

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Originally posted by Q5echo news flash jerz, India makes due very well with their own "diabolical military industrial complex" we have little to do with it.

http://www.indianembassy.org/press_...005/June/31.htm

see paragraph 4F (quoted below) of the "New Framework for the US India Defense Relationship" signed in 2005:

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F. in the context of our strategic relationship, expand two-way defense trade between our countries. The United States and India will work to conclude defense transactions, not solely as ends in and of themselves, but as a means to strengthen our countries' security, reinforce our strategic partnership, achieve greater interaction between our armed forces, and build greater understanding between our defense establishments;

in other words, india will start buying more US defense technology. They recently purchased a refurbished navy vessel. I believe india has a history of buying russian military technology, however, with this accord that trend is likely to fade.

Last edited by jerZ07002 on Feb-29-2008 at 14:38