New Delhi : National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held the 25th round of Special Representatives’ talks on the India-China boundary question in Beijing. The talks focused on the boundary question, bilateral relations and regional and international developments, as New Delhi and Beijing seek to consolidate a cautious stabilisation in ties following the prolonged military stand-off in eastern Ladakh triggered by the 2020 Galwan Valley clash.
The NSA also met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, with the two leaders discussing ways to maintain peace and tranquillity along the border and further strengthen bilateral ties across economic, political and multilateral platforms, in line with the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries. Doval’s meetings assume added significance ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, where Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to participate, although Beijing has not yet officially confirmed his visit.
China claims the entire Indian state, which it refers to as “Zangnan”or southern Tibet. India has consistently rejected the claim, maintaining that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of the country. The eastern sector has recently gained renewed attention following reports of increased Chinese military activity and aggressive posturing in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri region.
Speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum in New Delhi on Saturday, Jaishankar said the deterioration in ties after 2020 was primarily linked to the situation along the border. “I think we went through a particularly bad patch between the summer of 2020 and the autumn of 2024, and that was primarily an outcome of the situation in the border areas,” he said, reiterating that peace and tranquillity in the border areas were a prerequisite for stable relations between the two countries.
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