Ajit Doval, China's Wang Yi resolve to settle decades-old border issue

Both sides agree to work on rolling out more confidence-building measures along border, in sync with decision taken during second informal summit between PM Modi and Chinese Premier Xi in October

India and China on Saturday resolved to intensify efforts to achieve a "fair", "reasonable" and mutually acceptable solution to the vexed boundary issue and agreed that its early settlement will serve the fundamental interests of both countries.

There was a consensus during "constructive" border talks here between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval that both sides should respect each other's sensitivities and concerns in order to build mutual trust, according to the External Affairs Ministry.

It said the two sides also underlined that the boundary question should be approached from the strategic perspective of India-China