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New Delhi: China’s influential state councillor Dai Bingguo on Sunday touched down here for two-day talks on the festering boundary issue and is expected to seal a landmark border mechanism that seeks to prevent flare-ups arising from misperceptions along the Line of Actual Control.

The visit of Dai, China’s special representative on the boundary question with India who is known to be close to Chinese President Hu Jintao, comes amid the backdrop of a host of differences between the two Asian giants.

Dai will hold the 15th round of boundary talks with National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, also India’s special representative, on Monday and Tuesday with a view to firming up a framework that in turn will form the basis for delineating the border on the map.

The two special representatives are also expected to flesh out the details of a pact on the border mechanism that is expected to be signed on Tuesday.

The border mechanism, an important confidence building measure, will facilitate real-time contact in case of violations of the LAC.

The same is expected to be headed by the joint secretary (east Asia) in the Ministry of External Affairs and the Chinese director-general of the department of boundary and ocean affairs.

Earlier this week, Menon had admitted that the boundary question is a difficult issue.

“The boundary question remains unresolved, and there is no denying that it is a difficult issue… On the settlement itself, we are in the second stage of the three-stage process of agreeing principles, a framework and finally a boundary line,” he had said.

The boundary talks were postponed in November last year after India refused to relent on Chinese objections to Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama’s participation in a global Buddhist conclave in New Delhi.

Besides the boundary issue, the two sides will also hold discussions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues that will include the global financial crisis, climate change and the BRICS summit of India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa New Delhi will host in March. (IANS)

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