China on Tuesday welcomed the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on peaceful resolution of border issue, saying that Beijing was ready to work with New Delhi to address the pending problems and to enhance the strategic partnership between the countries.
Dr. Singh had said last week that he was convicted that the Chinese leadership was in need of a peaceful resolution of all the problems between the two countries, including the prevalent border dispute. He also blamed the media in India and China for highlighting the differences between both the countries.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry while responding to Dr. Singh's statement said that China was ready to work with India to enhance the China-India strategic partnership. Dr. Singh said last week that the border issue was a long standing problem and it was his hope to find ways and means by which the two neighbours can live peacefully and they are committed to live in peace and tranquility in border cases.
The two countries are scheduled to conduct a fifteenth round of talks on the border issue, but the officials said that they still did not agree with the dates. Chinese State Counsilor Dai Bingguo, designated special representative of the negotiations, will travel to New Delhi to hold talks with National Security Adviser Shivashankar Menon.
Mr. Menon said that the negotiations had made steady progress.
However, still the two-sides are deadlocked in the second of the three stages of negotiations. And added that they were unable to agree on a framework, and have not begun the process of demarcating the border.
The first stage was concluded in the year 2005 with an agreement signed during the Chinese Premier Wen Jibao's visit to India. The final stage is to involve the actual process of delineating the border in maps and on the ground.
News reported by AR for Newsvision newspaper
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