<span style="color: black;">India has asked China to avoid shifting goalposts and not to confuse managing the border affairs with the larger issue of the resolution of the boundary question, which is dealt with by different designated mechanisms. Addressing the 4th High-level Track II Dialogue on China-India Relations held on Thursday, India's Ambassador to China Vikram Misri said that for long, the Indian and Chinese sides have adhered to a well-understood distinction between resolving the boundary question and managing border affairs. He said, as both the countries are working for a complete disengagement at LAC post Galwan incident, any attempt to confuse border affairs with the Boundary Question is a disservice to the work of those involved in finding solutions. He further said, the Indian side has been consistently saying that the current issue is about restoring peace and tranquillity to the border areas and is not about the resolution of the larger Boundary Question, on which India's stance has not changed despite Galwan incident.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Ambassador Misri also said, China should not take a one-sided view of mutual concerns and sensitivities. He said, safeguarding territorial integrity and national security holds equal value for both sides. Affixing blame exclusively on the other side is not a helpful approach. The third obstacle is viewing bilateral relations through the prism of relations with other countries. Misri said, India-China relations must be judged and managed on their own merits. They are substantial enough and sufficiently complex that they require their own approach and appropriate handling, without imaginary third factors complicating them further and distracting us from working on our priorities, he said.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Addressing and processing differences properly means confronting them head-on and not sweeping them under the carpet. Ambassador Misri said, this approach will enable us to do what is necessary to bring relations to a healthier track. After the standoff erupted in eastern Ladakh in May last year, India has consistently maintained that peace and tranquillity in the border areas are essential for the overall development of relations between the two countries. Misri said that besides being neighbours, India and China are also large and emerging economies and it is not unusual to have differences and problems. He said, the key question is how to deal with them and ensure that outcomes are informed by reasonableness, maturity and respect for the maintenance of peace and tranquillity along our frontiers.</span>