The key assembly was held in Beijing on March 27, the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned in a press release.
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The Chinese delegation was headed by Director General of the Boundary and Oceanic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the assertion mentioned
Amid a lingering border row in jap Ladakh, prime diplomats of India and China held a recent spherical of talks and each side agreed to “maintain regular contact” by way of diplomatic and army channels, with no indication of any breakthrough.
Both sides had an in-depth alternate of views on the way to obtain ”full disengagement” and resolve the remaining points alongside the Line of Actual Control in the course of the twenty ninth assembly of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC), the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned on Thursday.
The key assembly was held in Beijing on March 27, it mentioned in a press release.
Joint Secretary (East Asia) from the MEA led the Indian delegation. The Chinese delegation was headed by Director General of the Boundary and Oceanic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the assertion mentioned.
”In the interim, each side agreed to take care of common contact by way of diplomatic and army channels and on the necessity to uphold peace and tranquillity on the bottom within the border areas in accordance with present bilateral agreements and protocols,” it mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release on Thursday mentioned, “Both sides positively evaluated the progress made in the management and control of the situation in the China-India border area, and had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on the ideas of work for the next stage.” The two sides ”agreed to focus on the related points on the bottom alongside the border, attain an answer acceptable to each side as quickly as potential, and promote the transition of the border scenario right into a normalised part of management and administration,” it mentioned.
The twenty eighth assembly of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs was held on November 30 final yr. Director-General of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, Hong Liang, and Joint Secretary of the East Asia Division of Ministry of External Affairs of India, Gourangalal Das, co-chaired the twenty ninth assembly, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned within the assertion.
Representatives from the overseas affairs, protection, immigration and different departments of the 2 international locations attended the assembly, it mentioned.
”Both sides agreed to proceed to take care of communication by way of diplomatic and army channels, enhance the mechanism for negotiation and session, and maintain a brand new spherical of corps commander-level talks at an early date.
”The two sides agreed to strictly abide by the agreements and guiding ideas of the related frequent understandings reached between the 2 sides, keep away from flare-ups within the scenario on the bottom, and proceed to consolidate the earlier disengagement outcomes, in a bid to safeguard peace and tranquillity within the border space,” the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned within the assertion.
The jap Ladakh border standoff erupted on May 5, 2020, following a violent conflict within the Pangong Lake space.
Ties between the 2 international locations nose-dived considerably following the conflict within the Galwan Valley in June 2020 that marked essentially the most critical army battle between the 2 sides in many years.
At an occasion in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on March 11 had mentioned that India stays dedicated to discovering a ”truthful and affordable consequence” on this challenge however one that’s respectful of agreements and recognises the Line of Actual Control.
”I feel it’s in our frequent curiosity that we must always not have that many forces on the Line of Actual Control. I feel it’s is our frequent curiosity that we must always observe agreements that now we have signed. And, I consider that it isn’t simply in frequent curiosity, I consider it’s in China’s curiosity as properly. This pressure that now we have seen for the final 4 years has not served both of us properly,” he had mentioned.
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