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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2004

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`China-India border talks constructive'

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 27. The third round of China-India talks on solving the boundary dispute ended here today. The talks between the National Security Adviser and India's Special Representative, J.N. Dixit, and his Chinese counterpart and Executive Vice-Foreign Minister, Dai Bingguo, were held in a "friendly, constructive and cooperative atmosphere," according to an External Affairs Ministry news release.

The talks involved reviewing the guiding principles for the talks that had been formulated in the previous two meetings. The two sides agreed to hold the next meeting in Beijing at a "mutually convenient date."

Mr. Dai Bingguo called on the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and handed over a letter from the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao. He also called on the External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh.

The boundary settlement talks were upgraded to the level of Special Representatives (SRs) and since then two rounds of talks were held between the then National Security Adviser and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Brajesh Mishra, and Mr. Dai Bingguo.

Analysts feel that the appointment of SRs reflects political will on the part of Beijing and New Delhi to negotiate a final settlement on the border dispute. The Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Dr. Singh had on Saturday finalised the brief for the meeting.

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