Overview
- The 35th Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination meeting took place in Beijing on May 27 and was described by both sides as constructive and forward-looking.
- Both sides reviewed the Line of Actual Control situation and agreed to maintain regular diplomatic and military-level exchanges and to make substantive preparations for the next Special Representatives meeting in China.
- Delegations led by Sujit Ghosh for India and Hou Yanqi for China discussed boundary delimitation, border management, mechanism building, and cross-border cooperation.
- India pressed for an early meeting of the Expert Level Mechanism on trans-border rivers as part of technical cooperation priorities discussed at the talks.
- The meeting builds on disengagement at frontline friction points completed in 2024 but leaves unresolved risks from large troop concentrations in depth areas and cautious normalization efforts going forward.