Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s2.t3.5

v2.c14.s2.t3.5

Later, both countries also signed the *Panchsheel Agreement* in 1954 in Beijing, in the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and other Indian and Chinese leaders. According to the agreement, both sides agreed to follow the five basic principles of mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence.