♤ In 1993, the signing of an Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the India-China Border Areas.

♤ The LAC currently represents the de-facto border between India and China and is divided into three sectors: the western, middle, and eastern

♤ As many as 15 rounds of negotiations were held under the JWG mechanism between 1988 and 2003.

♤ The talks were rebooted to the current Special Representative (SR) mechanism in 2003

after prime minister AB Vajpayee’s China visit.

♤ Between 2003 and 2005, Beijing incrementally and implicitly but formally recognized Sikkim as a state of the Indian Union, changing a 20 year long policy.