India’s top security official arrived in Beijing on Monday for talks on the countries’ disputed Himalayan border, ahead of a BRICS summit next month that New Delhi hopes President Xi Jinping will attend.
Doval will also meet China’s Vice President Han Zheng, it added.
“Doval, India’s Special Representative on the India-China Boundary Question, arrived in Beijing on a two-day visit earlier this afternoon,” the ministry said. “At this meeting, the two sides will, in accordance with the spirit of the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continue to engage in in-depth communication on the boundary question and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border areas,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters. India’s foreign ministry said that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for talks on Tuesday.
India’s government rejected those reports.
India’s main opposition party earlier this month said it was “deeply alarmed” by India media reports that Indian and Chinese army patrols came face-to-face in late July in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
