Border Dispute: India and China hold 15th round of military talks to ease tensions

 

India and china are holding 15th round of military talks today the aim of the talks are to ease tensions between the two countries the two sides will try to resolve outstanding issues that have caused friction along the line of actual control now these talks will take place on the Indian side of the Churchill Maldo meeting point according to sources so far 14 rounds of talks have resulted in resolution of north and south bank of pan-gong so in gal-wan and Gogura hot spring areas both sides will now focus to achieve resolution in other remaining Areas and for more on this we on principal diplomatic correspondent Sudan Sybil is joining us live thank you so much for joining us India and china holding the 15th round of talks today what can you tell us about some of the key issues on the agenda this time well the key focus this time will be on the resolution when it comes to friction area pp that will be the key focus we know that in the previous rounds of talks the disengagement had been achieved in the north and the south bank of Bangkok lake Gogra that was one of the key fiction areas but nonetheless we know that both sides have been engaging with each other at least on the military level now we know that just few days ago the Indian foreign secretary was speaking at an event and talked about that whatever happens at the border will have a wider ramification when it comes to India china relationship and we have seen that happening the Indian government in past few months in fact in last two years have announced number of  measures including when it comes to more scrutiny when it comes to Chinese investment by a banning of the Chinese Apps but these talks are important because these are the first such talks between India and china since the Russian invasion of Ukraine now that has essentially divided the world this is  the new iron curtain and that is an example for India and China as well on how a deterioration relationship can impact not only the region but the wider  world so there have been comments coming from the Chinese foreign ministry and the foreign minister as well but by and large both sides will be trying to focus on easing the tensions at the line of actual control.