Ajit Doval, China's Wang Yi resolve to settle decades-old border issue

Both sides agree to work on rolling out more confidence-building measures along border, in sync with decision taken during second informal summit between PM Modi and Chinese Premier Xi in October

Current Affairs:India and China on Saturday made plans to heighten endeavors to accomplish a “reasonable”, “sensible” and commonly worthy answer for the vexed limit issue and concurred that its initial settlement will serve the basic interests of the two nations.

There was an agreement during “helpful” outskirt talks here between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval that the two sides should regard each other’s sensitivities and worries so as to fabricate common trust, as indicated by the External Affairs Ministry.

It said the different sides likewise underlined that the limit question ought to be drawn nearer from the vital viewpoint of India-China ties while concurring that keeping up harmony and serenity along the fringe was significant.

The two sides shared the view that steady and adjusted advancement of India-China relations is a positive factor for harmony and flourishing in the locale and the world, the MEA said after the 22nd round of Sino-India limit talks under the system of Special Representatives’ exchange.

Doval and Wang are the assigned Special Representatives of the two nations for the limit talks.

In the discussions, the different sides likewise consented to cooperate to turn out more certainty building measures along the fringe, in a state of harmony with choice taken during the second casual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in October.

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