No disagreement with China on 8216;border8217; issue: India

Menon, who was in Beijing to attend the G-5 meeting of India, China, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil ahead of the G-8 summit of rich nations in Japan in July, said he discussed with them 8220;what we can do and what we have been doing on bilateral relationship. Both sides have expressed satisfaction at the developments in relationship8221;.

Leaders of the two countries had given 8220;very clear directives8221; on developing the strategic cooperative partnership as also the agreement on political parameters and guiding principles on the boundary dispute, he said.

8220;We have a large scale vision. It is more a question of translating it. We have a series of dialogue mechanisms on the boundary issue. We have Special Representatives8221;, he said.

Asked if any specific date had been fixed for the next round of talks between the Special Representatives on the boundary issue, Menon said, 8220;Not yet. No dates yet8221;. The Special Representatives have held 11 rounds of talks so far. Menon, who also met Chinese State Councillor and Special Representative Dai Bingguo, disagreed with a suggestion that there was a stalemate on the boundary row.