October 24, 2003	Friday	Sha’aban 27, 1424

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NEW DELHI, Oct 23: Top-ranking officials from India and China on Thursday began landmark talks here to try to resolve their dragging border dispute, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.

Dai Binggao, China’s vice foreign minister who arrived overnight, met India’s National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra to discuss the issue, spokesman Navtej Sarna said.

He said the talks, which were planned during Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to China in June this year, will last until Friday.—AFP