December 18, 2024 14:19 GMT
CHINA: INDIA-MoFA: Border Issues Should Not Affect Dev't Of Bilateral Relations
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(MNI) London - Following a meeting between the Special Representatives on the China-India Boundary Question in Beijing, the two nations have agreed the border issue "should be properly handled...so as not to affect the development of bilateral relations", and confirmed that a new round of talks will take place in India in 2025. The meeting included Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. A Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) statement said the two sides were committed to reaching a "fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable package solution to the boundary issue".
- MoFA: "The two sides also had an extensive and in-depth exchange of views on bilateral, international and regional issues of common concern, emphasizing the importance of a stable, predictable and good China-India relationship to international and regional peace and stability."
- Doval also met with China's Vice President Han Zheng, who state media reported as saying "The two sides should implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, cultivate political mutual trust, gradually resume institutional dialogues and exchanges and cooperation [...] and push the relationship between the two countries back on track for stable development."
- Since the major escalation in 2020 along the disputed Himalayan border between the two countries, political relations between Beijing and New Delhi have improved somewhat. Nevertheless, the risk of flare-ups remains high despite the Oct agreement on joint patrolling arrangements.
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