Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval (L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Monday named its powerful national security adviser as a special envoy on China, opening the way for resumption of talks on the disputed border, where tensions have risen in recent months over border patrols and stiffer defences.
Ajit Doval, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will lead the negotiations with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi to try and reach a settlement on dispute over the 3,500-km (2,175-mile) border that has clouded rapidly expanding commercial links.
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