This article covers the ministerial exchanges and border mechanisms between India and China, which the brief groups under other high-level visits and mechanisms: the Special Representatives talks on the boundary question, the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs, disengagement along the Line of Actual Control, and meetings of foreign ministers and defence ministers. Its source is the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) bilateral brief of July 2026.
Special Representatives talks
According to the MEA brief of July 2026, during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit in 2003, India and China mutually decided to appoint Special Representatives (SRs) to explore the framework of a boundary settlement. The SR mechanism on the India-China Boundary Question was established in 2003, and as of the brief 24 rounds of talks had been held. The 25th round was held in Beijing on 25 August 2026, and the two sides agreed to hold the 26th round in India in 2027.
Three rounds have followed the meeting of the leaders in Kazan in October 2024:
- the 23rd round, for which National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval visited Beijing on 18 December 2024
- the 24th round, held in New Delhi on 19 August 2025 between Shri Ajit Doval and Mr. Wang Yi, Politburo member and Foreign Minister
- the 25th round, held in Beijing on 25 August 2026 between the same two Special Representatives
On the sidelines of SCO-related meetings in China, National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval also met Special Representative Wang Yi in Beijing on 23 June 2025.
Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination
The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) came as an outcome of an agreement signed during the 15th Round of SR talks in New Delhi in January 2012.
Since June 2020, the two sides have held discussions through the WMCC and the Senior Commanders' Meeting (SCM) for disengagement in the border areas along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh. As of the brief, the WMCC had held 35 meetings, the latest in Beijing in May 2026. The 36th meeting was held on 06 August 2026 in New Delhi.
Disengagement
The brief records that the conclusion of an agreement on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control led to disengagement from all the friction points of 2020. Several exchanges between the two sides have taken place since the leaders' meeting in Kazan that followed it.
Foreign Minister level exchanges
Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited New Delhi on 19 August 2025. During the visit he called on the Prime Minister and met External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval. He visited India again in June 2026 for the meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors, and held a bilateral meeting with the NSA on the sidelines on 22 June 2026.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on 14 July 2025. The two have also held bilateral meetings on the sidelines of multilateral events:
- Jakarta, 14 July 2023
- Astana, 04 July 2024
- Vientiane, 25 July 2024
- Rio De Janeiro, 18 November 2024
- Johannesburg, 21 February 2025
- the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum, 22 July 2026
The then State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China visited India for the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on 2 March 2023 and the SCO Foreign Ministers' Meeting on 04 May 2023, holding bilateral meetings with the External Affairs Minister on the sidelines. Before that, Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India for G20 related meetings on 25 March 2022 and met the External Affairs Minister and the National Security Advisor.
Defence ministers' talks
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held talks with Defense Minister Dong Jun in Qingdao on 27 June 2025, on the sidelines of SCO-related meetings in China. The two held talks again on 27 April 2026 in Bishkek.