India-China Hold Talks To Avoid Airspace Violations Along LAC
Source : The Hindu
GS II : Internatoinal Relaton

What is discussed under India-China Hold Talks To Avoid Airspace Violations Along LAC ?

1. About the talks
2. What is the background?
3. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

Why in News ?

India and China discussed ways to better establish understanding to manage airspace and avoid airspace violations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Key Facts

What is the background?

• • These talks come in the backdrop of the recent airspace violations by Chinese fighter jets as they came very close to the LAC while takingpart in annual exercises, prompting the Indian Air Force to scramble its fighters.
  • Since June, which has seen Chinese fighters often violate the 10-km no-fly zone CBM along the LAC.
  • The issue of recent violations was raised by the Indian side during the talks, it has been learnt.
  • Existing Agreements : India and China, operation of fighter aircraft and armed helicopters is restricted to a distance from the LAC.

Agreement on Maintenance of Peace and Tranquillity along the LAC in India-China Border Area of 1996 combat aircraft (to include fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, military trainer, armed helicopter and other armed aircraft) shall not fly within 10 km of the LAC.

About the discusion

• • This was discussed during the routine Confidence Building Measures (CBM) talks on the ground in eastern Ladakh.

    

  • CBM  are a set of confidence building measures were agreed upon by India and China to maintain peace between the two countries Between 1993 and 2012.

What is Line of Control?

• • The LAC is not fully demarcated and there are differences of perception on the alignment due to which such incidents keep happening, another official noted.
  • To maintain peace and tranquillity along the LAC, the two sides regularly hold talks at various levels on the ground.
  • LOC is a 450 mile-long military control line which serves as a frontier slicing the disputed Indian and Pakistani governed parts of Kashmir into two.

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

• • ICAO is a United Nations (UN) specialized agency which laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air navigation.
  • India is one of the ICAO’s founder members.
  • ICAO headquarters is located in Montreal, Canada.
  • Chicago Convention 1944 was held which led to the formation of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

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