Border disputes placed top on the agenda as China and India meet to discuss ties
2017-12-22 09:58:44 source：Global Times
December 21, 2017
China and India are scheduled to have a new round of talks on border issues and other key bilateral topics on Friday, with Chinese experts saying that the two sides need to enhance mutual trust as well as better control disputes after the military stand-off in Doklam.
At the invitation of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval of India, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and State Councilor Yang Jiechi is scheduled to travel to India to attend the Special Representatives' (SR) Meeting on the China-India Boundary Questions on Friday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a daily briefing on Wednesday.
"This is the 20th SR-level meeting. The complicated border issues that emerged out of the Doklam stand-off will top the agenda, particularly as India is trying to pick new disputes related to the Doklam area," Zhao Gancheng, director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, told the Global Times.
"Friday's meeting will also center on how to better control border related disputes. However, in the meeting China and India may not define and demarcate the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as the two sides have many divergences on verifying the LAC and have been exchanging maps over the past 10 years," said Sun Shihai, deputy director of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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