China and India agreed on Monday to properly handle and control their disputes and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in their border regions before the boundary issue is solved.

At the 18th round of talks of special representatives for boundary issue, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval exchanged in depth their opinions on the boundary issue, and made strategic communications on bilateral ties as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest. 

The two sides said that after Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India in September, leaders of the two countries have given guidelines for the development of strategic cooperation between the two countries in the next five to 10 years.

The two sides will make efforts to implement the important consensus reached by their leaders, maintain the momentum of high-level exchange of visits, and enhance the development of the China-India strategic cooperation partnership.

The two sides also reviewed the progress achieved over the past years at the talks of special representatives on boundary issues.

They emphasized that the two sides should continue to move forward the process of framework talks on the basis of the existing achievements and consensus.