Cabinet approves border pact with China

The Cabinet Committee on Security Thursday approved the blueprint of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement that both India and China are due to ink during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Beijing next week.

According to government sources, the CCS discussed and approved the blueprint of the border pact to be signed with China next week.

The BDCA aims to prevent face-offs between Indian and Chinese troops along the over 4,000 km Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border.