Post Doklam tussle, India-China hold 20th round of border talks

NewsBharati    22-Dec-2017
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New Delhi, December 22: The 20th Special Representatives level talks between India and China held in National Capital on Friday. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi met along with senior officials for the India-China border talks.

The External Affairs Ministry said, the Special Representative of China on the Boundary Question, Yang Jiechi will hold talks with National Security Adviser and the Special Representative of India on the issue, Ajit Doval.

During the day-long talks the Doklam episode and other concerns pertaining to unresolved issues of boundary between India and China are expected to be discussed.

Earlier this month, the Doklam issue came up for discussion during a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here.

The last Special Representatives' meeting was held in Beijing in April 2016. India and China dispute their winding border and went to war over it in 1962.

The Doklam standoff began on June 16 over People’s Liberation Army’s plans to build a road in an area claimed by Bhutan after the Indian troops intervened to stop it as it posed a security risk to Chicken Neck, the narrow corridor connecting India with its North-eastern states. The standoff ended on August 28 following mutual agreement between India and China.

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