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| Pakistan-India-China Border Dispute |
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI — Defense-level talks held here Monday between India and China failed to make any progress on a long-standing border dispute between the two neighbors, analysts said.
China's Gen. Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, headed a 26-member delegation that held talks with the Indian side, led by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
"This is the highest level defense delegation to visit India in the recent years. The visit signifies the enhanced defense exchanges between India and China," according to an Indian Defence Ministry news release.
However, analysts said the meeting achieved no significant progress on the dispute, and that local border-level skirmishes could still happen at any time because there is no established framework to check these incidents, which have increased during the past two to three years.
"The Chinese are not serious about establishing any institutional apparatus to check border skirmishes as Beijing appears to be not giving any priority to reduce border-level tensions," says Nitin Mehta, defense analyst here.
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