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| Indo-China talks from April 21 |
| 2007-04-14 |
| NEW DELHI — India and China will hold another round of high-level talks on the boundary issue here from April 21 as part of its efforts to settle the dispute that has been nagging their relations for decades. Special Representatives of the two countries — National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo — will hold two-day talks in New Delhi and Ooty in Tamil Nadu, officials said. The nine rounds of talks have made progress and the two sides are now discussing issues related to demarcation of the border, officials said. The tenth round of negotiations takes place three months after the last meeting of the Special Representatives here, indicating speeding up of efforts to resolve the boundary dispute. The leadership of both the countries has been keen to settle the issue as early as possible. PM Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, during their meeting in the Philippines in January, had said that the discussions should take place with "greater vigour and greater innovativeness". During the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao here in November last year, the two sides had decided to pursue efforts to resolve the boundary dispute as a "strategic objective". |
| Posted by:Steve White |