Beijing: India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks in Beijing on Monday, in an attempt to find an early ‘package’ solution to the vexed issue that has hindered bilateral ties from realising their full potential.
India's Special Representative to the boundary talks, K Narayanan first met one-to-one with his Chinese counterpart, Dai Bingguo in the leafy Diauyutai State Guest House and then went for a full-delegation-level talks. The two had met informally on Sunday in the northwest Chinese city of Xian.
The official-level eighth round of boundary talks is scheduled to last until on Tuesday.
Narayanan is scheduled to call on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao later in the evening. The new round of negotiations would be taking place after the recent successful visit to China by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee as well as last week's historic agreement between India and China to reopen the Nathu La border trade point situated at 4,400 meters.
The Himalayan pass, which was a part of the famed Silk Road, was closed after the 1962 war. The in-camera sessions would focus on resolving the boundary issue under the ‘political parameters’ set during Wen's visit to New Delhi in April 2005, official sources said.
The two sides formed the Special Representatives mechanism in June 2003 during the visit of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to China.
Among other things, these guiding principles commit both India and China sides to arriving at a ‘package settlement’ of the boundary question in a spirit of mutual respect and mutual understanding, analysts said, adding the early settlement would be beneficial for full blossoming of India-China relations.
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