The third India-China Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) begins in New Delhi tomorrow. Defence Ministry officials said in New Delhi on Thursday, resumption of joint army exercises and border issues between the two sides are high on agenda.

At the talks, the Indian side will be led by Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma whereas the Chinese delegation will be headed by a senior People's Liberation Army official. Our correspondent reports, that the last round of Sino-Indian defence dialogue had taken place in Beijing in January 2010.

New Delhi had suspended military exchanges with Beijing in August 2010 after it refused to grant permission to a senior Indian Army Commander to proceed on an official trip to China. As immediate fallout of the event, India refused to hold the third round of exercise with China and had put all other military exchanges on hold.

The first two editions of the army to army exercise had taken place in Kunming in China in 2007 and in Belgaum in 2008. Putting an end to the strained military relations, India had sent its first military delegation to Beijing in June this year.

China also reciprocated by sending its military delegations under a Lieutenant General earlier this month. The delegation visited important defence installations in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai and held talks with their Indian counterparts including Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Bikramjit Singh. Meanwhile, India and China will also hold the special envoy level talks on the issue of border management in New Delhi, before the end of this year.

National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivsankar Menon will be leading the Indian delegation during these talks.