India and China to Explore Border Demarcation Amid US Tensions
Indian Border Security Force soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir.
Photographer: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty ImagesIndia and China have agreed to explore demarcating their disputed border, a key move toward resolving decades-old territorial disputes as the neighbors look to recalibrate ties against the backdrop of strained India-US relations.
The two sides will set up an expert group to examine an interim arrangement for marking out border areas, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday. The decision came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrapped up a two-day visit to India — his first in three years.