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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
NEW DELHI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — The 24th meeting of China-India special representatives on boundary issues was held in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Wang Yi, Special Representative of the People's Republic of China on China-India Boundary Issue, Member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and Ajit Doval, Special Representative of India on India-China Boundary Issue and National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of India, held comprehensive, in-depth and fruitful communication on China-India boundary issues and bilateral relations.
Wang Yi noted that during the meeting in Kazan, Russia, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached important agreements, indicating the direction and giving impetus to improving Chinese-Indian relations and properly resolving border issues.
The head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that since the beginning of this year, bilateral relations have entered the path of stable development, and the situation on the border has continued to stabilize and improve.
According to him, China and India, as two large neighboring and developing countries, share similar views and have a wide range of common interests. They should trust each other and provide mutual support, Wang Yi added.
The Chinese side attaches great importance to the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin and expects India to actively contribute to the successful holding of this summit, Wang Yi said.
As the Chinese diplomat stressed, history and reality have repeatedly proven that the healthy and stable development of China-India relations meets the fundamental interests of the peoples of both countries, and is also the common aspiration of a wide range of developing countries.
Wang Yi pointed out that both sides should follow the strategic guidance of their leaders and adhere to the approach of handling bilateral relations and boundary issues in two parallel tracks, mutually promoting each other and forming a positive cycle.
The Chinese Foreign Minister added that the two sides should strengthen mutual trust through dialogue and communication, expand exchanges and cooperation, and jointly accumulate consensus, clearly define directions and set goals in areas such as boundary management, demarcation negotiations and cross-border exchanges, so as to properly handle specific issues, achieve greater positive progress and continuously create favorable conditions for the improvement and development of bilateral relations.
A. Doval, for his part, said that the meeting of the leaders of the two countries in Kazan was a turning point in improving and developing Indian-Chinese relations. According to him, there have been positive changes in the mutual perception of the parties, peace and tranquility have been ensured in the border areas and a breakthrough has been achieved in interstate relations.
In a turbulent and volatile international environment, he continued, India and China are facing a number of common challenges. There is a need to strengthen mutual understanding, deepen trust and enhance cooperation, as this is related to the well-being of the peoples of the two countries and also affects the peaceful development of the world, Doval added.
The Indian side consistently adheres to the one-China principle, he assured.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China, the Special Representative recalled, noting that Prime Minister N. Modi is looking forward to attending the SCO summit in China, hoping that this will contribute to a new development of bilateral relations.
India supports China, as the current chair of the SCO, in successfully holding the summit of the organisation, he said.
A. Doval added that the Indian side is ready to maintain communication and dialogue with the Chinese side in a positive and pragmatic manner, continuously accumulating conditions for the final settlement of the border issue.
During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on the initial results of the talks on the border issue, reaffirming their commitment to fully utilize the role of the special representatives' meeting mechanism and to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the border issues in accordance with the political guidelines established in 2005.
The two sides also agreed to strengthen routine management and control in border areas, jointly maintain peace and tranquility along the border, and hold the 25th meeting of China-India special representatives on border issues in China next year. –0–
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