NSA Ajit Doval meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss border issues

August 19, 2025

  New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday and held a fresh round of Special Representatives (SR) dialogue on the boundary question. Wang Yi arrived in India late Monday afternoon on a two-day visit.

The meetings could see both sides deliberate on a range of key issues, including the border situation, trade and resumption of flight services. According to the Chinese foreign ministry, Wang Yi’s visit will help both countries work together to implement the consensus reached between the country’s President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.

“When asked about China’s expectation regarding Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to India and the 24th Round of Talks Between the Special Representatives of China and #India on the Boundary Question, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China is willing to take the opportunity of Wang’s visit to India to work together with the Indian side in implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, enhance political mutual trust, strengthen practical cooperation, properly manage differences, and promote the sustained, healthy, and stable development of China-India relations,” Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong posted on X highlighting the comment made during Monday’s regular media briefing in Beijing. Earlier on Monday, the Chinese Foreign Minister met External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar.

During this, EAM Jaishankar emphasised that it is essential that the process of de-escalation moves forward, adding that the basis for any momentum in India-China ties remains the ability to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas.

“You, Excellency, will of course be discussing border issues with our Special Representative, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, tomorrow. This is very important because the basis for any positive momentum in our ties is the ability to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas. It is also essential that the de-escalation process move forward,” Jaishankar said in his opening remarks during the meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi.