Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to resolve a border dispute that has hampered economic ties between the world’s most populous countries, an Indian official said. In Modi’s first one-on-one meeting with a major world leader since winning the biggest Indian mandate in 30 years, Modi told Xi that an amicable resolution would set an example for the world on how to peacefully resolve conflicts. Both leaders are attending the BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil. “There was a need to find a solution to the boundary question, and maintenance of peace and tranquility on the border was essential even while India and China work to resolve this issue,” Syed Akbaruddin, a spokesman for India’s foreign ministry, told reporters after the meeting. China has sought to boost ties with India as relations with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines have deteriorated over territorial disputes. India and China, home to more than a third of the world’s population, have seen sporadic border clashes over the past five decades with the latest one leading to a three-week standoff last year. Xi called for “negotiated solutions” to the border dispute with India at an early date, the official Xinhua News…
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