India, Aug. 24 -- When Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit at Tianjin on August 31-September 1, the two countries will move further towards normalization of ties including Lt Gen level Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) in three sectors and resumption of air services.

While the next logical step towards bilateral normalization of ties includes resumption of military to military ties as a confidence building measure, the decision to hold Lt General-Major General level dialogue between Indian Army and PLA in Chushul, Nathu La and Kibuthoo or Yangtze in western, middle and eastern sector is a big move in that direction. As of now, the only general level dialogue takes place between 14th Cor...