India and China on Thursday had a “frank, constructive and forward-looking” alternate of views on the state of affairs alongside the LAC to “slim down” variations and discover an early decision to excellent points, the MEA stated.
The thirty first assembly of the Working Mechanism for Session & Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs was held in Beijing, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated in an announcement.
Throughout the assembly, it was reiterated that “restoration of peace and tranquillity, and respect for the LAC are the important foundation for restoration of normalcy in bilateral relations”, it stated.
According to the steering supplied by the 2 overseas ministers’ conferences in Astana and Vientiane in July to speed up the discussions, and constructing on the WMCC assembly held final month, “the 2 sides had a frank, constructive and forward-looking alternate of views on the state of affairs alongside the Line of Precise Management (LAC) to slim down the variations and discover early decision of the excellent points”, the assertion stated.
For this, they additional agreed for “intensified contact by means of diplomatic and army channels”.
Gourangalal Das, joint secretary (east Asia), from the MEA led the Indian delegation. The Chinese language delegation was led by Hong Liang, director common of the Boundary & Ocean Affairs Division of the Chinese language Ministry of International Affairs.
Within the meantime, the 2 sides determined to collectively uphold peace and tranquillity on the bottom within the border areas, in accordance with related bilateral agreements, protocols and understandings reached between the 2 governments, the MEA assertion stated.
The chief of the Indian delegation additionally referred to as on the vice-minister within the Chinese language Ministry of International Affairs.
The thirtieth assembly of the WMCC was held in New Delhi on July 31.
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