India, China have reached new common understandings agreeing to conduct normalised management and control of the boundary during the just concluded visit of Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to New Delhi, Beijing said .
Wang visited New Delhi on August 18-19 during which he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attended the 24th round of Special Representatives (SRs) talks with NSA Ajit Doval and held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Summing up the outcome of Wang’s visit, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here that during his visit, the two sides also agreed on resuming dialogue mechanisms in various fields, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation, upholding multilateralism, jointly dealing with global challenges and opposing unilateral bullying acts.
On the boundary question, the two sides reached new common understandings, agreeing to conduct normalised management and control, maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, properly address areas of sensitivity, and initiate boundary negotiations in areas where conditions are met, she said.
Mao said in his meetings, Wang also noted that the current circumstances further highlight the strategic significance of China-India relations and the strategic value of bilateral cooperation apparently referring to the US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
A press release issued by the Foreign Ministry here about Wang’s meeting with PM Modi said Wang has conveyed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s and Premier Li Qiang’s warm greetings to him.
Wang welcomed Modi’s visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in the Chinese city of Tianjin on August 31-September 1, it saiv
