Third round of India-China boundary talks likely on July 26

The third round of India-China special representatives-level boundary talks are likely to be held in New Delhi on July 26-27, sources said h...

The third round of India-China special representatives-level boundary talks are likely to be held in New Delhi on July 26-27, sources said here.

While an official announcement to this effect has not yet been made, it is understood that Beijing is likely to endorse the July 26-27 dates proposed by New Delhi, sources said.

The upcoming meeting would be the first between India’s new National Security Advisor J.N. Dixit, who was appointed as special representative to negotiate the boundary issue with his Chinese counterpart Dai Bingguo, who is also Executive Vice Foreign Minister.

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Former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra and Dai had held two rounds of negotiations since the special representative mechanism was established by India and China last year to settle the border issue during former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to China.

With over 10 rounds of official-level talks failing to make much headway, the two governments decided to designate special representatives to explore a framework solution.

In the first joint declaration signed in June last year, both governments also reiterated their readiness to seek a ‘‘fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution’’. —(PTI)

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