NEW DELHI: India and China have held their first Senior Highest Navy Commander-Degree Flag Assembly within the Arunachal Pradesh sector, with talks going down on each side of the frontier earlier this week.The assembly adopted understandings reached in the course of the Particular Representatives dialogue between Nationwide Safety Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Chinese language overseas minister Wang Yi. The talks are a part of efforts by the 2 international locations to keep up peace alongside the Line of Precise Management (LAC) and step by step enhance bilateral ties.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated the assembly was held at Wacha on the Indian aspect on September 6 and at Damai on the Chinese language aspect on September 7.
New army mechanism alongside japanese frontier
Jaiswal stated the assembly adopted agreements reached in the course of the Particular Representatives talks in August 2025 and August 2026, together with subsequent discussions underneath the Working Mechanism for Session and Coordination.“Pursuant to the understandings reached between the Particular Representatives of India and China in August 2025 and August 2026, and subsequent discussions on the Working Mechanism for Session and Coordination conferences held in Beijing and New Delhi in Might and August 2026 respectively, the primary Senior Highest Navy Commander-Degree Flag Assembly was held at Wacha on the Indian aspect in Arunachal Pradesh on September 6 and Damai on the Chinese language aspect on September 7,” Jaiswal stated at his weekly media briefing.“An analogous mechanism additionally exists within the Western Sector,” he stated.The talks passed off amid experiences of aggressive army posturing by Chinese language troops alongside the LAC within the Higher Subansiri area of Arunachal Pradesh.Jaiswal additionally stated that India-China relations are step by step transferring in a “optimistic path”.
Border peace stays key to enhancing ties
Doval and Wang, who’re the designated Particular Representatives for the India-China boundary talks, held their newest dialogue in Beijing final month.Throughout the assembly, the 2 sides mentioned the delimitation of the boundary, trans-boundary cooperation and the necessity to preserve peace alongside the LAC.The Indian aspect burdened that peace and tranquillity alongside the border are necessary for the continued improvement of bilateral relations.
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The Particular Representatives mechanism was established in 2003 to deal with the India-China boundary dispute, which covers a 3,488-km frontier.
Navy engagement forward of Xi go to
India and China have taken a number of steps in current months to rebuild relations that deteriorated sharply after the lethal Galwan Valley clashes in 2020. The most recent army engagement comes days earlier than Chinese language president Xi Jinping is predicted to go to India for the BRICS summit. Xi is prone to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday.