India & China to hold border talks in November

[Lankan Ranger]

India & China to hold border talks in November

India and China will hold the 15th round of boundary talks in New Delhi next month that could also see the sealing of a joint border mechanism between them.

The Special Representatives of India and China will meet November 28 to 29, highly placed sources told. The two sides have been in touch for some time over the dates but the scheduling was proving to be difficult.

The talks will now take place after a likely meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the Nov 18-19 East Asia summit in Bali, Indonesia.

China's State Councillor Dai Bingguo, who is Beijing's special representative, will come to Delhi for talks with Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.

The two countries will focus on firming up a framework for resolving their decades-old boundary dispute, the second and crucial stage that could form the basis for the final demarcation of the boundary and territorial give-and-take implicit in any final deal.

Despite the perception in strategic circles that the 14 rounds of talks so far have not made much headway, the Indian side believes there has been incremental progress. It would be unrealistic to expect any dramatic breakthrough soon given the political sensitivity of the issue, a government source said.

The two sides are also fast-tracking a joint border mechanism with a view to sealing it during the visit of China's state councillor in November.

The mechanism would include diplomats from the external affairs ministry and military personnel, including representatives of the paramilitary forces, to maintain peace along the nearly 3,500-km border.

The border mechanism is being touted as an important confidence building measure that will help prevent misunderstandings arising out of incursions in each other's territory stemming from the undemaracted Line of Actual Control.

Besides the boundary, a host of contentious issues that have tended to shadow bilateral ties in recent months will also be on the table.

Bilateral trade is already touching $60 billion, with both sides confident to scaling it up to $100 billion.

India and China held their strategic economic dialogue last month. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited China in June with a view to learning from the Chinese successes in infrastructure and agriculture.

India, China to hold border talks in November - India News - IBNLive

 

[Lankan Ranger]

 

[SpArK]

Hope it got resolved this time around.

 

[Patrician]

Hope it got resolved this time around.

I'd be happy even if they decide the date of the next meeting.

When it comes to India-China relations, engagement is the key. Regular meetings and exchange of views should be encouraged.

 

[Obambam]

Hope it got resolved this time around.

There is always hope, unless brother HongWu gets to delegate.

 

[Patrician]

There is always hope, unless brother HongWu gets to delegate.

lol then you can be assured of a hollywood style shootout at the meeting

 

[SpArK]

There is always hope, unless brother HongWu gets to delegate.

Nope some new tiger guy has taken his place...

Its funny to read... we will send u back to 10000BC, we nuke you, i am superman guardian of planet earth sort or posts are plenty around.

But thankfully the people who are matured are having a sane mind and the issue between the two neighbours will be solved ASAP.

 

[Patrician]

we will send u back to 10000BC,

Why? I never liked 10000BC anyways.

They can send us to 2059 or something.

 

[SpArK]

Why? I never liked 10000BC anyways.

They can send us to 2059 or something.

I can skip the loans.. cool..

where is that tiger guy... He should be a hero for us.

 

[arihant]

Nothing can be resolved until India-Pakistan border issue is solved. Since India must exchange Aksai Chin with Arunachal Pradesh, its first necessary to solve Jammu Kashmir issue with Pakistan.

 

[MrIndianSikh]

There is always hope, unless brother HongWu gets to delegate.

or the likes of PunjabiSidhu, JayAtl etc

@topic its time to accept status quo as de jure territory Aksai Chin for Arunachal including Tawang like we did Tibet for Sikkim

 

[Indian Tiger]

India, China to hold boundary talks Monday

NEW DELHI/BEIJING: Looking to keep their sensitive ties on course despite differences over a host of issues, India and China will hold two-day boundary talks in New Delhi beginning Monday, during which they are also expected to sign a landmark border mechanism.

India's external affairs ministry in New Delhi and the Chinese foreign office in Beijing Saturday announced the boundary talks, which were postponed in November due to Chinese objections to Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama's participation in a global Buddhist conclave in New Delhi.

"In addition to discussions on the India-China boundary question, the two sides will hold discussions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest," the external affairs ministry said in New Delhi.

National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, India's special representative, will hold talks with China's State Councillor Dai Bingguo that will focus on evolving a framework for delineating the border on the map.

The two sides are now in the second stage of boundary negotiations, which entails evolving a framework for demarcating the disputed border. The second stage is proving to be the "most difficult part of negotiations" as it will form the basis on which the new boundary will be fixed, said informed sources.

The two sides are also expected to sign a landmark border mechanism Tuesday that seeks to establish direct contact between New Delhi and Beijing in case of intrusions or incidents resulting from misperceptions arising from the Line of Actual Control.

The two officials will also seek to iron out differences over recent irritants like the Chinese denial of a visa to an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer that have shadowed ties between the two countries.

They are also expected to discuss the likely visit to India of Xi Jinping, tipped to succeed Chinese President Hu Jintao. Ahead of the talks, both sides have downplayed recent irritants in bilateral ties and sought closer collaboration to work jointly on global issues ranging from terrorism to climate change.

In a recent interview to Xinhua, Liu Zhenmin, an assistant foreign minister of China, said: "China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership."

Earlier this week, Shivshankar Menon said in New Delhi: "India and China have demonstrated an ability to deal with difficult issues and to build a cooperative partnership based on common interests. Its regional and global impact, and its long term significance to our own development, is what makes the India-China relationship strategic in the true sense of the term."

"I am confident that by working together, India and China will be able to successfully face the challenges that the new geopolitics are throwing up, and would best serve their own national interests by further deepening their strategic cooperative relationship," he said.

China recently denied visa to an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who was to go as a member of the Indian military delegation to China, on grounds that he was from Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian northeastern state which is claimed by China. This led to India scaling down its delegation from the original 30 members to 15.

The arrest of two Indian traders in the Chinese town of Yiwu, who were subsequently released after New Delhi's intense diplomatic intervention, also underlined the need to keep sensitive ties on an even keel.

India, China to hold boundary talks Monday - The Economic Times