Overview
- India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval completed a two‑day visit to Beijing and met Vice‑President Han Zheng before holding the 25th Special Representatives talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday, Aug 25.
- Both sides said the meetings focused on keeping peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control and on practical border management and confidence‑building measures.
- India has raised recent reports of stepped‑up Chinese activity in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri region while China’s foreign ministry described the border situation as “generally stable” and stressed continued diplomatic and military communication.
- Officials discussed working‑level mechanisms already in place, including the WMCC and an expert group on early delimitation, as part of efforts to restore predictable patrolling and prevent faceoffs.
- The Special Representatives mechanism, created in 2003, remains the main political channel to manage the unresolved 3,488‑km boundary dispute and the talks are intended to lay groundwork for higher‑level diplomacy at the September BRICS summit.