China-India border discussions 'positive': FM spokesman

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China-India border discussions 'positive': FM spokesman

The second ministerial-level discussions on border issues between China and India were "positive" and the atmosphere was "constructive", said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing Thursday.

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The second ministerial-level discussions on border issues between China and India were "positive" and the atmosphere was "constructive", said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing Thursday.

In response to questions at a regular press conference, spokesman Kong Quan briefed journalists on the second round of talks held on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing between Dai Bingguo, vice-foreign minister of China, and Brajesh Mishra, Indian national security adviser and principal secretary to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who headed the talks as special representatives on each side.

Noting that the border issues between China and India have existed for a long period of time, Kong said the Chinese side hopes the issues can be solved in the spirit of mutual adjustment,understanding and concession.

However, such complicated issues cannot achieve rapid progress through only one or two rounds of talks, stressed Kong.

He said the two sides have agreed to hold the third round of talks in New Delhi. The two countries held the first round of ministerial-level talks on Oct. 23 and 24, 2003.

He introduced that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met respectively with Mishra, whose visit Kong called important and beneficial.

On the Sikkim issue, Kong said it is left over by history, and the process toward resolution of this issue was initiated during Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to China last year.

Source: Xinhua

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