Wang Yi, Ajit Doval agree to work for improvement of bilateral ties: Chinese Foreign Ministry

India-China border talks aim to enhance mutual understanding, trust, and create conditions for bilateral ties' improvement.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval have agreed to work together to create conditions for the improvement of bilateral relations during their meeting in Russia, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, September 13, 2024. 

During their talks on the sidelines of a meeting in St. Petersburg of the BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters, Mr. Wang and Mr. Doval discussed the progress made in the recent consultations on border issues, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

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Both Mr. Doval and Mr. Wang are the Special Representatives for the India-China border talks mechanism.

Both parties expressed the belief that the stability of the China-India relations is in the fundamental and long-term interests of the two peoples and conducive to regional peace and development.

China and India agreed to implement the consensus reached by the heads of the two countries, enhance mutual understanding and trust, maintain continuous communication, and create conditions for boosting bilateral ties, it said. 

Mr. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, stressed that facing a turbulent world, China and India as two ancient eastern civilisations and emerging developing countries should adhere to independence, choose unity and cooperation, and avoid consuming each other, State-run Xinhua news agency reported.