Border Talks News

15 months after the Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong vacated his post in October 2022, Beijing may finally send an ambassador to India. Xu Feihong, one of the assistant foreign ministers will soon be heading to India as the newly appointed ambassador. Considering India and China have a trading relationship worth $135 billion and share a nearly 3500 km-long land border, the question is, why did China leave the position vacant for so long? And who is Xu Feihong? In this video, we will answer all those questions. Please watch.

This will be the 48th DG-level conference between the two sides since 1975, and it will begin in Dhaka next weekBorder Security Force (BSF) chief RK Mishra will lead a 10-member delegation for a five-day visit starting June 11

The officials will also review the progress made in bilateral ties since the Wuhan Summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in April

Both sides reviewed the situation along the India-China border areas

Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Dasho Sonam Tshong, and also called on the PM and the Bhutanese King on Monday

Sashastra Seema Bal director-general Rajni Kant Mishra said the force plans to increase its strength along the Indo-Bhutan border, short of the Doklam plateau

India-China relations had a good momentum in 2017 but the Doklam standoff posed a major test, says Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying

The India-China border talks will be held between NSA Ajit Doval and China's state councillor Yang Jiechi, who are the designated Special Representatives

Foreign ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the final dates for the border talks between India and China are yet to be confirmed as the two sides are in touch

Indian officials have dismissed Dai Bingguo's suggestion as impractical and impossible as Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of the country