India, China Review LAC Situation in New Delhi

India and China reviewed the overall situation along the Line of Actual Control during diplomatic talks held a day earlier in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.

The talks took place under the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs, according to The Hindu. The MEA said maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations.

“The two sides engaged in frank discussions and reviewed the situation along the LAC,” the MEA said. It said both sides agreed to keep using diplomatic and military channels, including the WMCC, local commander-level meetings and other agreed mechanisms, to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the LAC.

The MEA said the discussions followed up on outcomes from the last edition of Special Representatives talks. The two sides held detailed exchanges on boundary delimitation, border management, mechanism-building and trans-border cooperation, it said.

The Indian side reiterated the need for an early meeting of the expert-level mechanism on trans-border rivers and stressed the importance of sharing technical details on upstream projects, the MEA said.