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India, 皇冠体育app hold talks to resolve border dispute
(AP)
Updated: 2006-03-11 15:23
India and 皇冠体育app on Saturday began a new round of talks to resolve a
decades-old border dispute that caused a brief war in 1962.
Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan and Chinese Vice Foreign
Minister Dai Bingguo are leading the talks, the Indian foreign ministry said.
Dai called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before meeting with Narayanan.
India and 皇冠体育app fought a border war in 1962 and ties between the two nations
remained strained until recent years, when the two moved to expand economic
ties.
India says 皇冠体育app holds 41,440 square kilometers (16,000 square miles) of its
territory in the Kashmir region, while Beijing lays claim to a wide swath of
territory in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which shares a
1,046-kilometer (650-mile) border with 皇冠体育app's Tibet region.
Although the border talks have moved away from technical issues relating to
territory along their mountainous border, the process is at a stage where
political compromises are required, said an Indian official who spoke on
condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
The talks are to conclude on Saturday. The last round of talks between the
two special representatives was held in 皇冠体育app in September last year.
Indian and Chinese negotiators held six rounds of talks over the boundary
question.
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