India and China on Wednesday held a fresh round of diplomatic talks with a focus on implementing the five-point agreement reached between the two countries to resolve the nearly five-month-long border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
The virtual talks were held under the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on border affairs.
The focus of the talks was to de-escalate tensions, people familiar with the developments said, as the two sides discussed ways to implement the five-point agreement reached between their foreign ministers in Moscow on Sept.10.
In Bejing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing that China and India are holding the 19th meeting of the WMCC on China-India Border Affairs.
The main topics discussed are how to implement the five-point consensus reached in Moscow by the two foreign ministers to resolve outstanding…