India, China to seek rational fix
India and China on Saturday decided to seek a fair and rational solution to their border dispute as they focused on the proposed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement to avert incursions like the one witnessed in Leh region in May.
This emerged at the end of the two-day 16th round of border talks between the special representatives of the two countries — national security adviser Shivshankar Menon and Yang Jeichi — here on Saturday.
The talks, which were held against the backdrop of the recent incursion of Chinese troops near Ladakh, covered a host of issues bedevilling the relations betw-een the two countries.
They were held in a productive, constructive and forward-looking atmosphere, a brief statement put out by the Indian emb-assy after the talks said. Mr Menon and Mr Yang also discussed the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the India-China border areas, including possible additional confidence-building measures, ways and means of strengthening existing mechanisms for consultation and coordination on border affairs and methodology to enhance the efficiency of communications between the two sides, the statement said.
A statement said Sino-Indian border disputes will be resolved through peaceful negotiations, with agreement on seeking a fair and rational solution acceptable to both sides.
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