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Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

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Indian Foreign Policy and the Border Dispute with China

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The Sino-Indian treaty of 1954 stated in its preamble that the two governments being desirous of promoting trade and cultural intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India, and of facilitating pilgrimage and travel by the peoples of China and India based their agreement on the following principles:

  1. 1.

    Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

  2. 2.

    Mutual non-aggression.

  3. 3.

    Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.

  4. 4.

    Equality and mutual benefit.

  5. 5.

    Peaceful co-existence.

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Van Eekelen, W.F. (1967). Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. In: Indian Foreign Policy and the Border Dispute with China. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6555-8_3

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