The army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police would be the part of this mechanism.
India is evolving a joint mechanism with China in the next few months to resolve border issues while taking steps to modernise its military infrastructure in the face of Beijing "aggressively" shoring up its defence set up along the Line of Actual Control, Defence Minister AK Antony said.
"There was an incident (of incursion) like that few months back and we have conveyed our concerns to them.... Of late, we have taken a step to constitute a mechanism to tackle these issues in the border. I am hopeful that with this mechanism, which will come in few months, things will improve," the minister told reporters here.
He was asked about India's response to incursions by Chinese troops in Ladakh a few months back at a press meet after the Coast Guard Commanders' Conference at its headquarters.
The decision to have a joint mechanism was taken at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao at Sanya in China in April.
The mechanism will explore areas of cooperation in border areas like border trade and movement.
The minister said the proposed mechanism will comprise of all stakeholders including the "military and paramilitary elements and will be coordinated by the External Affairs Ministry."
The army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police would be the part of this mechanism.
Asked about China strengthening its military set-up along the border, Antony said, "I agree with you on that China is aggressively building its capabilities in its areas. In the past, India was negligent in strengthening its capabilities in the eastern sector."
Instead of "grumbling" over the issue, India has started modernising it own capabilities by taking steps such as raising new army divisions and Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) for aircraft operations, he said.
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