China and India are holding their 19th meeting on the consultation and coordination mechanism on the border issue, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, confirmed this at Wednesday’s regular press briefing.

“The ongoing meeting will focus on the implementation of the consensus made by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow, and study solutions to remaining issues to promote the deescalation of border tensions between China and India,” Wang said.