Special Representatives of China & India meet after 5 years In China

The 23rd meeting of the Special Representative of India and China was held in Beijing, China, on 18 December 2024. The last 22nd meeting of the Special Representatives of India and China was held in New Delhi on 21 December 2019. Thus, a meeting was held after five years between the two countries' Special Representatives.

The Indian side was led by National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval, and Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China, led the Chinese delegation.

Breakthrough In Kazan and Resumption of Meeting 

The dialogue between India and China was disrupted due to a border conflict between the two countries' armies in Galwan Valley, Ladakh, in June 2020. It led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers.

After the bloody clash, all bilateral talks between the sides were halted. 

In October 2024, an agreement was reached between the military commanders of the two countries, which led to the withdrawal of Chinese troops from forward lines in the Ladakh region and the resumption of border patrolling by the two countries' troops.

Later, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit meeting in Kazan, Russia, in October 2024. Both the leaders decided to resume high-level dialogue between the two countries to explore a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the boundary question.

India-China Border Dispute 

India shares a 3488 km border with China. The  Union Territory of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh share boundaries with China.. 

India and China have a border dispute in the western section of the border in Ladakh and the eastern sector along Arunachal Pradesh.

In 1962, there was a war between the two countries over the border dispute.

To resolve the border dispute, an agreement was reached between the two countries in 2003 during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s visit to China in 2003.

A Special Representative mechanism was established between the two countries in 2003 on the India-China Boundary Question.

The Indian side is always led by the National Security Advisor at the Special Representative mechanism meeting.

Result of the 23rd Meeting of the Special Representative

During the meeting in Beijing, India and China agreed on the following points. 

• Implementation of the disengagement agreement of October 2024  and the need to maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas.
• Agreed to delink border issues from normal development of bilateral ties between India and China.
• Strengthen cross-border exchanges and cooperation, resumption of Indian pilgrims' travel to Tibet, cross-border river cooperation, and Nathula (Sikkim) border trade.
• Strengthen the Special Representatives' meeting mechanism between the two sides to resolve border issues.
• India will host the next meeting on a mutually convenient date.

Read about the 16th BRICS Summit 

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