Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping and pressed for a solution to the border question, saying if the two sides could amicably resolve the vexed issue, it would set an example for the world on peaceful conflict resolution. The two leaders, who arrived almost at the same time in Brazil on Monday evening to attend the BRICS Summit, engaged shortly thereafter for what was described as “good discussions and good meeting“.
The meeting -first between the two leaders -was scheduled for 40 minutes but it went on for 80 minutes, as it was a free-wheeling discussion. “Had a very fruitful meeting with Chinese President Mr Xi Jinping. We discussed a wide range of issues,“ Modi tweeted after the meeting with Xi, also the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China.
“Both sides emphasised on the need to find a solution to the boundary question. The PM stressed the importance of strengthening mutual trust and confidence, and maintaining peace and tranquillity on the border,“ said a statement issued by the PMO.The two sides have held 17 rounds of the Special Representative talks aimed at resolving the boundary issue.
India asserts that the border dispute covered nearly 4,057-km long Line of Actual Control, while China claims that it confined to about 2,000 km to the area of Arunachal Pradesh, which it refers as Southern Tibet.
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