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India and China held "constructive" and "forward-looking" talks connected the concern on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) successful eastbound Ladakh, noting that maintaining borderline bid and tranquillity enabled advancement successful the normalisation of wide relations.
The 2 sides discussed assorted aspects of the borderline concern during a gathering of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) successful Beijing connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026).
"The discussions were constructive and guardant looking," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, a time aft the talks.
India and China rolled retired a bid of measures successful the past implicit 1 twelvemonth to rebuild their narration aft it came nether terrible strain pursuing the deadly Galwan Valley clashes successful 2020 and the consequent subject face-off that lasted for implicit 4 years, "The 2 sides reviewed the concern successful the India-China borderline areas. They expressed restitution with the advancement made successful maintaining bid and tranquillity successful the borderline areas, which has enabled advancement towards gradual normalization of bilateral relations," the MEA said.
The 2 sides besides agreed to enactment unneurotic to marque "substantive preparation" for the adjacent gathering of the Special Representatives (SR) which is to beryllium held successful China.
In August past year, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held Special Representatives dialog successful New Delhi that produced a fig of outcomes to support bid on the border.
"The 2 sides discussed issues pertaining to delimitation, borderline management, mechanics gathering and cross-border cooperation," the MEA said connected the WMCC meeting.
It said the Indian broadside stressed an aboriginal gathering of the adjacent expert-level mechanics connected trans-border rivers.
"Both sides agreed to support regular exchanges and contacts astatine the diplomatic and subject levels done mechanisms including those that were agreed arsenic portion of outcomes of 24th Special Representative talks," the MEA said successful a statement.
The Indian delegation was led by Sujit Ghosh, Joint Secretary (East Asia) successful the MEA portion the Chinese delegation was led by Hou Yanqi, manager wide of the Boundary and Oceanic Affairs Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Mr. Ghosh besides met Liu Jinsong, manager astatine the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of Asian Affairs.
The Joint Secretary besides made a courtesy telephone connected Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei.
The WMCC gathering took spot arsenic India and China sought to reset their strained ties.
Following a bid of diplomatic and subject talks, the 2 sides withdrew their troops from respective friction points on the LAC successful eastbound Ladakh.
In October 2024, the 2 sides firmed up a disengagement pact for Depsang and Demchok, the past 2 friction points successful eastbound Ladakh.
Days aft the statement was finalised, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks successful Kazan and took a fig of decisions to amended the ties.
In August past year, PM Modi travelled to the Chinese metropolis of Tianjin to be the yearly SCO summit. Mr. Modi and Mr. Xi held extended talks connected the sidelines of the SCO summit.
In the meeting, Mr. Modi said India is committed to taking guardant its ties with China based connected communal trust, respect and sensitivity.
