No invite from China for its National Day border meet

Departing from past practice, the Chinese army did not send an invitation to its Indian counterpart for a ceremonial border personnel meeting (BPM) to mark China’s National Day on Sunday. This follows a no-show by the Chinese in response to an Indian invitation to attend a ceremonial BPM on Indian Independence Day on August 15.

This is the first time since 2005 that there was no BPM held on the India-China border. Although tensions between India and China have reduced following the disengagement between the two armies at the face-off site in Dolam plateau on August 28, relations between the two armies have not reverted to normal so far.

“There was no invitation sent to us with the aid of the chinese language,” legit assets instructed The Indian specific, approximately the ceremonial assembly which changed into to be hosted by the chinese at five exact places at the border.
Those ceremonial meetings encompass a small cultural show, a carrying contest and a meal. they may be attended through officers, soldiers and households from both aspects, and are distinctive from flag-conferences, which might be convened to talk about border troubles.
both aspects had agreed to two ceremonial meetings each yr, beginning from 2005, consequent to the signing of the Protocol on Modalities for the Implementation of self assurance building Measures inside the military subject alongside the line of actual manage in the India-China Border regions