Arunachal: China ups the ante

During his visit to Beijing in June 2003, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee suggested that the border issue with China be put on the fast-track. It was agreed to appoint Special Representatives to find a solution to the dispute which had been extensively discussed by officials of India and China for several months in 1960. Between 1981 and 1988, eight further rounds of talks had been held, first to deal with the ‘basic principles’ and then with the ‘situation on the ground’, but no concrete outcome was reached.

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