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China, India agree to work on reducing border tensions

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BEIJING, Oct 24: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao agreed with his Indian counterpart Saturday to work towards narrowing differences on long-simmering border issues between the two nations, state media reported.



Wen reached the agreement with Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of a regional summit in Thailand grouping the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other countries, the official Xinhua news agency said.[break]



"The two sides agreed to continue talks, with the aim of incrementally removing the barriers to a solution that was fair and acceptable to both sides," the report said.



Wen and Singh also agreed to try and ensure peace and stability in the disputed border area, saying this would be conducive to resolving border issues and furthering bilateral cooperation, according to Xinhua.



China and India have recently traded jabs over these territorial issues.



Beijing voiced its opposition to a recent visit by Singh to Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian border state at the core of the dispute, and to a planned visit there next month by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.



The two nations fought a border war in 1962 in which Chinese troops advanced deep into Arunachal Pradesh and inflicted heavy casualties on Indian soldiers.



India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometres (14,700 square miles) of its Himalayan territory, while Beijing claims all of Arunachal Pradesh, which covers 90,000 square kilometres.



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