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\nBeijing: India and China will have \u201cearly harvest\u201d talks on their vexed border dispute as many agreements have been reached by both sides since their top leaders met in Wuhan, Beijing said on Monday.
Days after India and China pledged to intensify their efforts to resolve a decades-long boundary feud in their border talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that New Delhi and Beijing have agreed to authorise the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on border affairs to start \u201cearly harvest consultations\u201d.
The Ministry\u2019s spokesperson Geng Shuang said India\u2019s National Security Advisor and Chinese State Councillor had a constructive and forward-looking meeting at the 21st round of border talks last week.
Asked what he meant by \u201cearly harvest\u201d, Geng did not elaborate.
\u201cAfter the Wuhan summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the bilateral relations have made very positive progress and made new developments.
\u201cUnder the current international circumstances, the strategic importance of the bilateral relations is more prominent. The two sides will follow the guidance of two state leaders\u2019 enhanced strategic communication and political mutual trust.
\u201cThe two sides raised some forward-looking suggestions. It can be said in many areas, the two sides share common understandings.
\u201cBased on already achieved agreements, we should substantiate them and reach an agreement at an early date and come at a concrete result so as to create favourable conditions for the final settlement of the border question,\u201d the spokesman said.
The world\u2019s most populous and fastest-growing economies have a dragging dispute over a 3,448-km border.
The world\u2019s 9th longest border has three sections: the western sector between Ladakh and the Chinese-held Aksai Chin; the central sector ranges from Uttarakhand and Tibet; the eastern sector divides Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh from Tibet.
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as the part of South Tibet while India lays claims to Aksai Chin.<\/p>\n