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India And China Inject "Urgency" Into Boundary Dispute Talks
New Delhi (AFP) Sep 15, 2005 Asian giants India and China have agreed to resolve their longstanding boundary dispute - the product of a brief border conflict in 1962 - with "greater urgency", a report said. The deal was struck at a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York late Wednesday, the Press Trust of India news agency said. The two neighbours reiterated the need to seek a "reasonable solution" with "greater urgency," the report said quoting Indian foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna. India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometres (14,670 square miles) of Indian territory in Kashmir while Beijing claims that the 90,000-square-kilometre Indian-administered state of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China. A formal ceasefire line has yet to be established but the unsettled border has remained largely peaceful following agreements signed in 1993 and 1996. In April, on a visit to New Delhi, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Singh agreed to a programme to solve the dispute without force. The "three-tiered" border deal, described by India's National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan as "one of the most significant documents" signed between the neighbours, will allow special envoys to negotiate territorial claims as experts delineate the boundary on a map and on the ground. Narayanan, who is India's special envoy, is due to meet his Chinese counterpart Dai Binggao later this month. Ties between the neighbours have been warming in recent years with an exchange of high-level visits and joint military exercises. Trade reached 13.6 billion dollars in 2004 and is targeted to hit 30 billion dollars by 2010. Work is underway to reopen a section of the traditional Silk Route next month at Nathu La pass on the border between India's Sikkim and China's Tibet. It would be the first direct trade link since the 1962 border flareup. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com
Rise And Fall Of China In 2005
Beijing (UPI) Jan 05, 2006Events in China during 2005 point to a country on the rise in the economic sphere, but one that faces a variety of daunting political and social dilemmas. |
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