The special representatives of India and China began a new round of talks Monday aimed at resolving a decades-old dispute over their Himalayan border, dpa reported. Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo were leading the delegations at the two-day talks in New Delhi. In dispute are several areas along the 3,500-kilometre border. The new negotiations were focused on firming up a framework that will then form the basis for delineating the borders on the map. The border dispute centers on 90,000 square kilometres in India's north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims, and43,180 square kilometres along northern Jammu and Kashmir state, which India says is occupied by China.
