With NSA Ajit Doval holding crucial talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Han Zheng, India and China reached a six-point consensus to resolve border issues. The consensus points include cross-border tourism including in areas like Tibet and cross-border river cooperation and Nathula border trade.
In a statement, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry said that the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives on the China-India Boundary Question was held in Beijing on Wednesday. “This was the first meeting between the two sides in five years. Based on the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries in the Kazan meeting, Chinese Special Representative, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi and Indian Special Representative and National Security Advisor Doval held substantive discussions on the China-India border issue positively and constructively and reached six consensuses,” it said.
On Wednesday, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, who emphasized the need for China and India to gradually resume institutional dialogues and foster exchanges and cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, and culture to restore bilateral relations to a path of stable development.
Doval, leading the Indian delegation, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to participate in the 23rd round of the Special Representatives talks, which are being held after a five-year hiatus. The previous meeting took place in 2019 in New Delhi.