2 min readUpdated: Aug 8, 2026 12:21 PM IST
India and China held talks to review the overall situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and discussed issues related to boundary delimitation, border management and trans-border cooperation, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)on Friday.
The diplomatic talks between the two sides were held on Thursday in New Delhi. The talks were held under the framework of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC).
The Indian delegation was led by Sujit Ghosh, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the Ministry of External Affairs, while the Chinese side was headed by Hou Yanqi, Director General of the Boundary and Oceanic Affairs Department at China’s foreign ministry.
The Ministry of External Affairs said the two sides held frank discussions and reviewed the situation along the LAC. Both the countries maintained that maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations.
The talks come as a follow-up to the outcomes of the last round of Special Representatives talks. Following it, the Ministry of External Affairs said India reiterated the need for an early meeting of the expert-level mechanism on trans-border rivers and stressed the importance of sharing technical details of upstream projects.