India, China Soften Tone in Border Talks Ahead of BRICS, G-20
- Both sides issued a joint statement after 19th round of talks
- Modi, Xi could meet in BRICS and G-20 leader summits
A valley near the Indo-Chinese border in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh in India in April.
Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
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Indian and Chinese army commanders agreed to work swiftly toward easing a border dispute, setting the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping to potentially meet at key summits in the coming weeks.
The nuclear-armed Asian neighbors, who share a 3,488 Km (2,167 miles)-long disputed border, are locked in their worst territory dispute in four decades due to a deadly clash in 2020. Several rounds of talks between the two sides have made little progress to draw back the thousands of soldiers, missiles and fighter jets positioned near the Himalayan border.