By The New York Times (World News) | Created at 2024-10-22 09:30:08 | Updated at 2024-10-22 11:33:51
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Asia Pacific|India Says It Reached Border Deal With China That Could Ease Hostilities
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Four years ago, several soldiers from both sides were killed in a bloody melee. Any thaw between the countries could have global implications.
Oct. 22, 2024, 5:24 a.m. ET
India and China have reached an agreement on patrolling their shared Himalayan border, according to Indian government officials, potentially easing the icy hostility between the two giants after a deadly skirmish between their troops four years ago.
India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, said during a news conference on Monday that the border agreement had come after weeks of intense talks between diplomatic and military negotiators from both sides. The agreement, Mr. Misri said, was designed to lead to “disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had arisen in these areas in 2020.”
Asked about reports of a border patrol deal, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Lin Jian, said on Tuesday that China and India had been in “close communication.”
“Now both sides have arrived at a resolution on the relevant matter, which China views favorably. Going forward, the Chinese side and Indian sides will implement those resolutions.”
India made its announcement a day before the opening of a summit of the BRICS nations, a group of emerging-market countries that includes India and China.
Indian officials were silent about whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would hold a bilateral meeting with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, at the summit, which is being held in Kazan, a city in southwest Russia.
