China for 145;equitable, fair146; solution to boundary issue

The two sides also agree that before settling the boundary issue, they should maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas and 8216;not to let the border issue to be an obstacle to the development of bilateral ties8217;.

Wrapping up his three-day visit, Singh expressed confidence that the political parameters and guiding principles agreed by the two countries in April 2005 to seek a settlement of the boundary question would guide them to a 8216;mutually satisfactory solution of this issue8217;.

The boundary between the two countries is peaceful and 8216;we are both determined to keep it so8217;, Singh told scholars at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a premier think-tank of China.