Jamnu (India), December 16, 1994. According an article by Ashok Pahalwan, "India and China have agreed to hold joint military exercises next summer in their first combined defence manoeuvres since they fought a border war in 1962, Indian officials said on Friday. The joint exercises will be held along the border in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, officials in the winter capital of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir told Reuters. Defence officials in Delhi confirmed the exercises. 'It's part of a friendly, mutual, confidence-building measure', one defence official said. Officials did not say which armed services would be involved in the exercises. The joint exercises reflect steadily warming relations between the two Asian giants, who fought a brief border war in 1962 during which China overran the border. Last year, New Delhi and Beijing agreed to settle peacefully a dispute along their rugged 4,000 km (2,485 mile) boundary. China claims 90,000 sq km (35,000 sq miles) in India's northeastern Arunachal P

radesh state. It also regards India's northern Sikkim state as disputed. India says Beijing occupies 33,000 sq km (13,000 sq miles) in the Aksai Chin region of Jammu and Kashmir". (EuroTibet News N·9)