- India and China will begin on Monday the 14th round of talks between their special representatives on the border dispute. During the talks, the two sides will also lay the groundwork for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India next month.
Long-running talks
- The long-running talks have made limited progress, though the two countries have committed themselves to maintaining peace and stability in border areas. With a stalemate in negotiations, talks in recent years have increasingly focused on issues beyond the boundary dispute, from trade to regional and global issues.
- Indian officials and analysts say the process is likely to remain long, drawn-out, particularly with China's claims to Arunachal Pradesh appearing to have hardened in recent years.
- Last year, the Chinese government voiced strong opposition to a routine visit by the Prime Minister to the State during the Assembly elections, and accused India of "stirring up trouble" in border areas.
National Security Adviser Mr. Menon is expected to raise Indian concerns at China's Kashmir policy. Defence exchanges between the two sides have remained suspended since July, after China objected to the visit of Lieutenant General B.S. Jaswal, chief of the Army's Northern Command, saying he represented a "sensitive" region. India has also objected to China issuing stapled visas for Indian citizens from Jammu and Kashmir, and to Chinese investments in infrastructure projects in the disputed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Talks on both issues have so far made little progress.
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