Border Personnel Meeting Point

There are five meeting points: two in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh, one in Sikkim, and two in Arunachal Pradesh in India's Central and Eastern sectors.

A ceremonial BPM is used for cultural exchange to build friendship and otherwise improve to bilateral defense relations between the two armies.

[9] These meetings include the playing of each country's national anthem and saluting of their respective flags, and ceremonial addresses by representative of both armies.

[4] BPM points at mountain passes along the border, from west to east, are: Chushul is in the Leh district of the Indian state of Ladakh region.

[13][14] The meeting point is named after the nearby town (Chushul) or the mountain pass (Spanggur Gap).

An October 1, 2015 meeting was held there and simultaneously in Daulat Beg Oldi in which issues relating to a border confrontation in Ladakh in the prior month were resolved.

[17] Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Indian state of Sikkim and once part of the historic Silk Road.

[7] The first meeting there between the Indian and Chinese military occurred in conjunction with Prime Minister Modi's China visit of May 14–16.

[4] The airstrip was unused from the 1965 India-Pakistan war until 2008 when India sought to show its ability to respond to threats in the remote region and landed an Antonov-32 transport plane there.

India considers this location strategically important as a point from which to control the Karakoram Highway between Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

[13] In 2014, establishment of a meeting point at Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Chinese town of Burang, close to Changla was discussed.

[14] In April 2016, discussions began on creating a meeting point in middle sector of the border, possibly in the Himachal Pradesh (either Kaurik or Shipki La) - Uttarakhand (either Pulam Sumda or Barahoti) region on the Indian side in a site logistically convenient for both sides.

[7] Discussions occurred in Beijing between Indian defense minister Manohar Parrikar and Chinese military and civilian leadership.