BEIJING, Nov 28 � National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon arrived here today to hold the crucial Special Representatives border talks with China to resolve the long-running boundary dispute between the two countries and lay the ground for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao�s visit to New Delhi next month, reports PTI.
Menon, the designated Special Representative to hold the 14th round of talks on boundary dispute with China, arrived here today on a three-day visit accompanied by key officials of the External Affairs Ministry, official sources here told PTI.
The NSA would hold talks with his Chinese counterpart and top diplomat, Dai Bingguo, to break the deadlock over disputes relating to the demarcation of boundaries in Aksai Chin in the Ladakh sector and Arunachal Pradesh, which China refers to as southern Tibet.
The two officials aided by Indian Ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar are set to meet tomorrow afternoon, followed by a banquet to be hosted by Dai and wind up with yet another round on Tuesday.
The talks would also lay the ground work for Wen�s visit next month. The latest round of Special Representative talks from Monday assume significance as it will the final high-level discussions between the two countries before Premier�s New Delhi visit.
The last round of Special Representatives talks was held in New Delhi in 2009 between the then NSA, M K Narayanan and Dai which ended without much progress.
