New Delhi: India and China have agreed on six points to resolve the border issue as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held "substantive discussions” during the recent Special Representatives dialogue.
During their meeting, the first after a gap of five years, both sides positively evaluated the solution reached between the two countries on border issues and reiterated that the implementation work should continue, according to a press release by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The consensus points also include cross-border tourism including in areas like Tibet and cross-border river cooperation and Nathu La border trade and resumption of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
Both sides also agreed to strengthen the Special Representatives’ mechanism further, bolster diplomatic and military negotiation coordination and cooperation, and require the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on China-India Border Affairs (WMCC) to do a good job in the follow-up implementation of the decisions reached special representatives’ meeting, it said.
The two sides agreed to hold a new round of Special Representatives’ meetings in India next year, and the specific time will be determined through diplomatic channels.
The meeting follows the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit held in Kazan last month. It was the first significant breakthrough amid the chill that had set in following the clashes in Ladakh's Galwan—the worst in decades. The Special Representatives’ meeting is considered significant as it is the first structured engagement between the two countries to restore relations.
