JABAR EKSPRES – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on Thursday, and agreed to have their officials resolve the border dispute between the two countries.
The dispute over the three-thousand-kilometer Himalayan border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC), erupted in May 2020, leading to strife. Thousands of troops were deployed from both sides in the border region, killing 24 people.
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A total of 19 rounds of talks involving diplomats and military officials were held to resolve the standoff, but no breakthrough was achieved.
“In talks with President Xi Jinping in China, the prime minister highlighted India’s concerns over the unresolved LAC issue,” Indian External Affairs Minister Vinay Kwatra told a press conference.
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“On this, the two leaders agreed to appoint relevant officials to step up disengagement and de-escalation efforts at the earliest,” he added.
Modi said “maintaining peace and tranquility in the border region, and supervising and respecting the LAC is important for normalization of India-China relations,” according to Foreign Secretary Kwatra.
The two leaders had also held a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Indonesia last year.
