On March 23, 2015, the 18th Special Representatives' Meeting on the China-India boundary question was held in New Delhi. Yang Jiechi, State Councilor and special representative on the Chinese side and Ajit Doval, the special representative on the Indian side and Indian National Security Adviser, exchanged in-depth views on the boundary question and had strategic communication on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern.

Both sides believed that the successful visit to India paid by President Xi Jinping last September charted the course and drew a blueprint for China-India strategic cooperation in the next five to ten years. Both sides would join efforts to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, maintain the momentum of high-level mutual visits, and constantly advance China-India strategic and cooperative partnership.

The two sides reviewed the positive progress achieved at the previous special representatives' meetings over the past years and stressed to continue advancing the progress of framework negotiation along a right track on the basis of the realized results and consensus while taking the big picture of bilateral relations and the long-term interests of the two peoples into consideration. Both sides reaffirmed to properly manage and control conflicts and join efforts to maintain the peace and tranquility in the boundary area before the boundary issue is finally settled.

Both sides noted that as important neighbors, China and India are the two largest developing nations and emerging markets with the most vitality in the current world. The development of China-India relations bears on the benefits of the two peoples and exerts influences on the peace and development of the region and the world at large. Both sides should join efforts to promote practical cooperation in various fields, further enhance coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, build a closer development partnership, and make more contributions to the peace and development in the world.