{"id":58509,"date":"2019-01-28T01:07:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T19:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=58509"},"modified":"2019-01-28T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T19:37:13","slug":"sino-india-bpm-held-at-kibithu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/01\/28\/sino-india-bpm-held-at-kibithu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sino-India BPM held at Kibithu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KIBITHU, Jan 27:<\/strong> As part of the ongoing confidence-building measures between India and China, a border personnel meeting (BPM) of the armies of the two countries was held here in Anjaw district on Saturday to celebrate India&#8217;s 70th Republic Day.<br \/>\nThe Indian delegation was led by Brigadier Robi Kapoor of Dao Division of the army while the Chinese delegation was led by Senior Colonel Xu Hong Gang.<br \/>\nThe meeting was held on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), and the delegations comprised military officials from each side, a defence statement said.<br \/>\nThe Kibithu-Damai border meeting mechanism was started as a confidence-building measure to resolve local boundary issues, and has been instrumental in maintaining peace and tranquility along the LAC since 2014.<br \/>\nThe Indian delegation, while welcoming the Chinese side, expressed hope that coming together of troops from both sides would facilitate development of mutual cooperation.<br \/>\nThe Indian Army also presented a cultural programme showcasing the rich culture and heritage of the country.<br \/>\nBoth sides agreed that joint celebrations signified the importance attached by the two countries to enhance trust and cooperation, and expressed hope that such interactions would continue to foster the environment of mutual confidence and understanding.<br \/>\nIndo-Myanmar post level meetings were also held during the day between the Assam Rifles and the Myanmar Army at nine different locations of the Northeast, including Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, another release said.<br \/>\nBoth sides noted the progress made in ensuring peace and security along the Indo-Myanmar border, and expressed hope that such interactions would continue to foster the environment of mutual confidence and understanding.<br \/>\nApart from cultural programmes, both the delegations engaged in friendly sports events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIBITHU, Jan 27: As part of the ongoing confidence-building measures between India and China, a border personnel meeting (BPM) of the armies of the two countries was held here in Anjaw district on Saturday to celebrate India&#8217;s 70th Republic Day. The Indian delegation was led by Brigadier Robi Kapoor of Dao Division of the army [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}