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India-China border talks today
Context
India and China negotiations on the border issues
News
India and China will hold the 20th round of negotiations on the border issues on Friday
Backdrop
The meeting, comes four months after the forces of the two sides confronted each other at the Doklam plateau, will be headed by special representatives from both sides, National Security Advisor AjitDoval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi
Possible agenda
- The One Belt One Road initiative
- China’s opposition to Indian membership at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and
- The Indian opposition to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that might feature in the talks
- A new issue on the ground that may also feature is the issue of the pollution of the Siang river which has contaminated the flow of the mighty Brahmaputra in Assam. Though India has raised the issue most recently during last week’s discussion with visiting foreign minister Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson has dismissed the report
