中印达成防务合作协议

Longtime regional competitors China and India have agreed to strengthen defense cooperation along their disputed, and sometimes tense, Himalayan border.

The confidence building agreement was signed Wednesday in Beijing following a meeting by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Prime Minister Singh said the defense cooperation pact will help ensure the India-China relationship is not further strained by the decades-old border dispute, which flared up in April.

In April, India accused Chinese troops of setting up a camp that was at least 10 kilometers inside territory claimed by India. China denied that troops had crossed into Indian territory.中国和印度已经同意在有争议的喜马拉雅山脉边界地带加强防务合作。长期以来，中印两国一直是地区竞争对手。

印度总理辛格与中国总理李克强举行会谈后，双方星期三在北京签署了有关协议。

辛格说，这项防务合作协议将有助于确保印中两国关系不会因数十年来的边界争端而进一步紧张化。

今年4月，中印边界争端激化。印度指责中国军队在印度宣称拥有主权的地区纵深至少10公里处设立营地。北京否认中国军队进入印度领土。