As India and China look to reboot ties, building upon a spell of relative calm in the border areas, they held another round of diplomatic talks in a “positive and constructive” atmosphere, seeking ways to advance effective border management. The talks also prepared ground for another meeting of the Special Representatives, Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, that India will host later this year.
A team led by MEA joint secretary (East Asia) Gourangalal Das, which travelled to Beijing this week for what was the 33rd meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC), comprehensively reviewed the LAC situation, stressing peace and tranquillity on the border is critical for the smooth development of overall bilateral relations. China said the meeting was held with a “forward-looking approach” and both sides agreed to take “concrete and effective” measures for maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas.
According to the Indian readout, they exchanged views on early resumption of cross-border cooperation and exchanges, including on trans-border rivers and Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra. Interestingly, the Indian readout did not mention the resumption of direct air services, something which India had agreed to “in principle” during foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to Beijing in January. China is keen on resumption of direct flights, but India apparently doesn’t want to rush into it. Official sources, however, said technical authorities are working to reach an updated framework for the resumption.
“The two sides explored various measures and proposals to give effect to the decisions taken during the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives on the India-China boundary question in Beijing in December 2024 and to advance effective border management. The two sides agreed to maintain and strengthen relevant diplomatic and military mechanisms towards this end,’’ said the Indian government, adding that both sides will work to make “substantial preparation” for the Special Representatives’ meeting.
The Special Representatives had met in Beijing in December 2024, after a gap of 5 years that resulted from the 2020 border standoff in eastern Ladakh. The standoff seemed to have finally ended with an agreement in October last year for completion of the troop disengagement process in the remaining areas, namely Depsang and Demchok. This was followed days later by the first bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in 5 years in Kazan, on the margins of the BRICS summit. Modi said in a podcast earlier this month his meeting with Xi had led to a return of normalcy on the border and he expected trust to return in the relationship slowly but surely.
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