BEIJING, Dec 19 – Special representatives of China and India on the boundary question held the 23rd meeting in Beijing on Wednesday and reached a six-point consensus. It is the first meeting of its kind in five years.
Both sides agreed to continue taking measures to safeguard peace and tranquility in the border areas and promote the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations, and to continue seeking a package of solutions to the boundary question that is fair, reasonable and acceptable to both in accordance with the political guiding principles reached in 2005, according to the consensus.
A meeting between the special representatives will be held in India next year, according to the consensus.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the leaders of the two countries met in October in Russia’s Kazan and reaching an important consensus on improving and developing bilateral relations, which set the course and direction for the recovery and development of China-India relationship at a critical moment.
Wang said both sides should, in the spirit of summarizing experience, looking to the future and seeking win-win cooperation, place the boundary question in the appropriate position of bilateral relations, jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, and promote an early return of China-India relations to a healthy and stable development track.
India’s special representative and National Security Adviser Shri Ajit Doval said that both India and China have common interests and similar views, and it is necessary to coexist peacefully and develop together.
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