The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced the achievement of a consensus between India and China on border negotiations

During the 24th meeting of the Special Representatives of China and India on the Sino-Indian border in New Delhi, the parties reached a consensus. This was reported on the website of the diplomatic department on August 20.

"Both sides agreed to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable framework for resolving the border issue from the political point of view of the overall situation of bilateral relations and in accordance with the agreement on political guidelines signed by the two countries in 2005," the statement said.

The parties also agreed to establish a group of experts on border demarcation within the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on the China-India Border (WMCC). India and China will also create a separate group on border issues that will promote peace in the surrounding areas.

In total, the special Representatives reached a consensus on 10 points. Expected. That the 25th meeting of the parties will be held in China in 2026.

On October 24, 2024, Alexey Kupriyanov, head of the Primakov Institute for the Indian Ocean Region of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Izvestia that the agreement between India and China on stabilizing the situation in the Ladakh region is aimed at reducing risks and is not a breakthrough in the settlement of territorial disputes between the two states.

Earlier, on October 23, political scientist Alexander Khazaridi said that the partnership between India and China within the framework of the BRICS helped the countries to move closer to the situation on the border in the Himalayas. According to him, BRICS has become a platform through which Beijing and New Delhi were able to establish a dialogue and coordinate national interests.

Before that, in December 2022, during a clash between Indian and Chinese troops in the Tawang sector (Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh), several Indian soldiers were injured. There was a shootout between the parties, during which the Indian military suffered broken limbs.

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