China and India agreed in Beijing Tuesday to continue talks on
border issues after wrapping up their second ministerial-level
discussions, and decided to hold the third round of talks in New
Delhi.??
Sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry described the second
round of talks held on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing as "friendly
and constructive."
Dai Bingguo, vice foreign minister of China, and Brajesh Mishra,
Indian national security adviser and principal secretary to Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, headed the talks as special
representatives on each side.
"The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks at a
mutually acceptable date in New Delhi," said an official with the
Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Mishra here on Tuesday and
extended his sincere greetings to Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing also met with
Mishra.
The Sino-Indian border issue is a complicated historical
problem. The two countries held the first round of
ministerial-level talks on Oct. 23 and 24, 2003.
(Xinhua News Agency January 14, 2004)