Special Representatives from India and China will meet in New Delhi tomorrow for the fifteenth round of border talks. The two countries have already concluded an agreement on political parameters and guiding principles to address the boarder issue in 2005. An external affairs ministry said in New Delhi in addition to discussions on the India-China boundary issue, they will hold discussions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest in the two day deliberations. India's special representative and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, will hold talks with China's State Councillor and special representative Dai Bingguo .They are expected to focus on evolving a framework for delineating the border on the map.The two sides are now in the second stage of boundary negotiations, which entails evolving a framework for demarcating the border. Mr. Shivshankar Menon said in New Delhi earlier this week that India and China have demonstrated an ability to deal with difficult issues and to build a cooperative partnership based on common interests. He expressed confidence that the two countries will be able to successfully face the challenges that the new geopolitics is throwing up, and would best serve their own national interests by further deepening their strategic cooperative relationship. Sending a positive signal ahead of the talks, Chinese special representative Mr. Dai told Indian officials in Bejing that both countries needed to handle issues wisely, calmly and properly to prevent them from becoming barriers. The talks were earlier scheduled to take place last year in November.
News On AIR | January 15, 2012 10:15 AM
India, China special representatives' meet for border talks