IR · 27 Aug 2026
The Special Representatives (SR) mechanism, under which the 25th round of talks on the India-China boundary question was held in Beijing in August 2026, was first instituted in which year?
NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the 25th round of Special Representatives talks in Beijing on August 24-25, 2026, reaffirming the 2005 Political Guiding Principles but naming no specific LAC sectors for delimitation, ahead of Xi Jinping's expected BRICS Summit visit to New Delhi.
UPSC often tests whether aspirants can distinguish between similarly-dated India-China confidence-building milestones (1993 agreement, 2003 SR mechanism, 2005 principles, 2013 BDCA) rather than simply recalling that talks are "ongoing" - a classic static-fact-behind-a-current-event probe.
The SR mechanism (est. 2003) is the channel through which India and China negotiate the boundary question, operating on the 2005 Political Guiding Principles framework. It is distinct from the 1993 peace-and-tranquillity agreement and the 2013 BDCA - all part of the broader India-China border management architecture.
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