India, China hold border talks, agree on need to maintain peace in Doklam

TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/ Special Representatives of India and China on Friday held “positive and focused” talks here on the long-drawn boundary question and agreed on the need to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas –nearly four months after the Doklam stand-off was resolved.

Special Representatives — National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Yang Jiechi, State Councillor and a Communist Party Politburo member, also exchanged ideas on various confidence building measures at the 20th round of talks, held annually. Both sides also agreed to seek “mutually acceptable resolutions of their differences with due respect for each other’s sensitivities, concerns and aspirations”.

“The Special Representatives undertook a comprehensive review of earlier rounds of the talks and agreed that an early settlement of the boundary question serves the fundamental interests of both countries,” the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement following the talks on the border question.

Stating that the talks were “positive and focused”, the statement said that the Special Representatives “reemphasised their commitment to achieve a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the India-China boundary question at an early date”.