Indian, Chinese Spl Reps to meet from tomorrow

New Delhi, Mar 9: The seventh meeting of the Special Representatives of India and China on the boundary question will be held here and in Kottayam (Kerala) from tomorrow till March 13, a spokesman of the External Affairs Ministry said today.

The Indian delegation for the talks will be headed by National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan, who is India's Special Representative on the boundary question, while the Chinese side will be led by Mr. Dai Bingguo, Executive Vice Foreign Minister and China's Special Representative.

The last round of talks between the Special Representatives on the boundary question was held in China from September 25 to 28, 2005.

A statement issued after the sixth round in September in Beijing had described the discussions as the beginning of the ''second phase'' of negotiations during which the Special Representatives were mandated to work out an agreed framework for a boundary settlement on the basis of the Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for Settlement of India-China boundary dispute.

The two countries had decided in 2003 to appoint a Special Representative each to explore the framework for settlement of the boundary question.

UNI