Top Chinese official leaves for boundary talks with India

January 15th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS  

Beijing, Jan 15 (IANS) Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo left Beijing for New Delhi Sunday to attend the 15th meeting between special representatives on the China-India border issue.

Officials from both the countries will meet Jan 15-17 to discuss border issues, Xinhua cited the Chinese foreign ministry as saying.

India’s National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon will lead the country’s delegation.

China and India share a 2,000-km border, which has never been formally marked. The two countries began discussing border issues in the 1980s. Two agreements were signed in 1993 and 1996 to maintain peace and stability in border areas.

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