24th India–China Special Representatives talks: Expert Group and Working Group under WMCC agreed
NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired the 24th round of Special Representatives talks on the India–China boundary question in New Delhi on 19 August 2025.
Summary
The 24th round of the India–China Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary question was co-chaired by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on 19 August 2025. According to the Ministry of External Affairs statement reported by the media, the two sides agreed to set up an Expert Group under the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) to explore an early harvest in boundary delimitation, and a Working Group under the WMCC to advance effective border management. They also agreed to create General-level mechanisms in the eastern and middle sectors, in addition to the existing General-level mechanism in the western sector, and to discuss de-escalation beginning with its principles and modalities. Both sides agreed to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable framework for settlement in line with the 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 19 Aug 2025, New Delhi
- Co-chairs
- NSA Ajit Doval and FM Wang Yi
- Round
- 24th SR talks on the boundary question
- Expert Group
- Under WMCC – explore early harvest in boundary delimitation
- Working Group
- Under WMCC – advance effective border management
- New mechanisms
- General-level mechanisms in eastern and middle sectors (western exists)
- Framework
- 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles
- WMCC
- Created in 2012
Practice MCQs 5 questions
Who co-chaired the 24th round of India–China Special Representatives talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on 19 August 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Ajit Doval
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval co-chaired the 24th meeting of the Special Representatives with Wang Yi during his visit to New Delhi.
At the 24th Special Representatives talks, India and China agreed to set up an Expert Group to explore an 'early harvest' in boundary delimitation under which framework?
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Correct answer: A — Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC)
The MEA statement, as reported, said the two sides agreed to set up an Expert Group under the WMCC to explore early harvest in boundary delimitation.
The India–China Special Representatives talks held in New Delhi on 19 August 2025 were which round of the mechanism?
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Correct answer: C — 24th
PIB and the MEA statement describe the 19 August 2025 meeting co-chaired by Ajit Doval and Wang Yi as the 24th meeting of the Special Representatives.
Consider the following statements about the outcomes of the 24th India–China Special Representatives talks: 1. The two sides agreed to create General-level mechanisms in the eastern and middle sectors, in addition to the existing one in the western sector. 2. They agreed to seek a settlement framework in line with the 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both statements are correct: the MEA statement, as reported, refers to new General-level mechanisms in the eastern and middle sectors alongside the existing western-sector mechanism, and to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable framework in line with the 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles.
Consider the following statements about the mechanisms agreed at the 24th India–China Special Representatives talks: 1. The Working Group under the WMCC was set up to explore an early harvest in boundary delimitation. 2. The WMCC, under which the new groups were set up, was created in 2012. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Statement 1 is incorrect: early harvest in boundary delimitation is the task of the Expert Group, while the Working Group is to advance effective border management. Statement 2 is correct: the WMCC was created in 2012.