China and India concluded the latest round of talks in their long-running border dispute on Tuesday, an Indian spokesman said, with no immediate sign of progress.
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and Indian National Security Adviser M Narayanan met in Beijing for two days, seeking agreement on the disposition of 125,000 square kilometers (50,000 square miles) of disputed territory along the course of the 2,000-kilometer (1,260-mile) frontier.
The talks were the sixth round of bilateral discussions conducted by special representatives since 2003 on the decades-old issue. Initial negotiations aimed at solving the dispute began in 1981.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang characterised the talks as 'friendly and constructive', but refused to provide details on their outcome.
"This is an issue locked by history so it involves many detailed contents and requires the two sides to make contacts
and consultations to search for a proper solution," he said, adding that a seventh round had been set for New Delhi at an unspecified date.