India, China discuss peace along LAC, border delimitation: ‘Met in keeping with guidance from Modi, Xi Jinping’

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held talks in Beijing with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, where Beijing urged India to adopt a "strategic and long-term perspective" in their relationship and manage differences properly. The meeting, however, focused on strengthening peace and tranquility in border areas and enhancing bilateral relations in economic, political and multilateral contexts. This was one of the key outcomes of the discussions between Doval and Han Zheng.

Han Zheng, a prominent member of China's powerful Shanghai Clique, has a strong background in Shanghai and served as the CPC secretary of Shanghai from 2012 to 2017. The NSA's visit, along with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, sets the stage for a possible visit to India by President Xi Jinping for the BRICS leaders' summit on September 12-13.

China's Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, stated that during the past two years, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi held two meetings – in Kazan and Tianjin – and reached important agreements on the development of China-India relations. He emphasized that China and India, as neighboring major developing nations and key emerging economies, should view their relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective.

They should jointly implement the consensuses reached by their leaders, enhance mutual trust, tap into cooperation potential, strengthen multilateral coordination, manage differences, and promote the stable development of their relationship.

The Indian embassy in Beijing reported that Doval and Han Zheng discussed ways to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas and further improve relations across various forums, in line with the consensus reached between the two countries' leaders. Doval had previously informed Wang that India and China's relationship had been steadily returning to normalcy due to both sides maintaining peace and tranquility in the border areas.

Just prior to the talks, Wang visited India for the BRICS NSAs' meeting and emphasized the importance of respecting each other's core interests and implementing the important consensus reached between the countries.