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Seventh round of India, China border talks conclude

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, March 13, IRNA
India-China-Border Talk
The seventh round of India, China border talks aimed at finding a mutually-acceptable solution to the protracted boundary dispute within the framework of political parameters and guiding principles, concluded in Kerala on Monday.

A statement issued after the three-day talks said that the discussions 'for an agreed framework for the resolution of the boundary question' were held in a 'constructive and friendly atmosphere', media report said here.

National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Chinese Executive Vice President Dai Bingguo led the respective countries at the talks which took place in Delhi and Kumarakom, Kerala.

The next meeting of the special representatives will take place in China on mutually-convenient dates, the statement said.

Narayanan Sunday said the parleys were moving in the right direction to 'extricate' them from 'logjam' and the delineation issue could be settled after the next two to three rounds.

"The talks are moving in the right direction. The two countries are working to evolve a methodology for the settlement of the dispute, based on parameters and guiding principles agreed to between the two governments earlier," Narayanan told reporters.

"Our effort is to extricate talks from the logjam. I will be dishonest if I say that it will be settled in this round," he said.

During the talks, the recently-concluded Indo-US nuclear deal also figured.

The last round of talks between the special representatives on the boundary question was held in China from September 25 to 28, 2005.

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