The Panchsheel Pact, or Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, was signed between India and China in 1954, to govern bilateral relations.

What are the five principles?

  • Mutual respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
  • Non-aggression.
  • Non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.
  • Equality and mutual benefit.
  • Principle of peaceful coexistence.
 

NOTE: Is Panchsheel still relevant in the present era? Please think about it.

 

Source: The Hindu