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China and India have to resolve a border dispute that a worrying source of tension between them. The past few weeks have tit-for-tat attacks between the world's two most populous nations. The skirmishes between the two nuclear powers place high up in the Himalayas. There have various flashpoints along the long border that the two countries. Chinese and Indian officials on Saturday in Ladakh, an area adjacent to the border. They to "peacefully resolve" their dispute in a "cordial" meeting. India's Foreign Ministry : "Both sides agreed to peacefully the situation in the border areas in accordance with various bilateral agreements."

The area under contention is the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This was a border in 1993. It is one of the longest land borders in the world. Minor conflicts have place along it since the bloody Sino-Indian War (also known as the Indo-China War) in 1962. The glacial terrain along the LAC the physical location of the border is . This has it difficult to pinpoint what areas of the craggy landscape to which country. China said: "This year the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and both sides that an early resolution would to the further development of that relationship".