First Major General level Border Personnel Meeting (BPM)at Tawang

Itanagar: A first-ever Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) at the Major General level between Indian Army and Chinese PLA troops was organized by the Indian Army at Bumla, near Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday.

Located at an altitude of 15,000 ft and situated 42 km North of Tawang town, Bumla is one of the five designated BPM venues, between two of the world’s largest armies. The delegations were led by Major General P G K Menon as delegation leader and Brig Zubin Bhatnagar as deputy leader from the Indian side while Major General Li Xi Zhong represented the Chinese side, a Defence communiqué informed.

The meeting included the hoisting of national flags followed by interaction which took place in cordial atmosphere wherein both sides reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen friendship, maintain peace and tranquillity along the LAC.

The interactions reflected mutual desire for improving relations at functional level on the border and emphasised to improve relations at ground level along the LAC.

The meeting was the first one to be conducted at Major General level between two Asian giants since inception of BPMs at Bumla since 1990, the communiqué said.

Both the delegation leaders expressed satisfaction over the growing mutual trust and harmony between the two countries and were sanguine that the Indo-China relationship would grow stronger in future at all the levels.

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