Goa, Oct. 14 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday emphasised that maintaining peace and tranquillity along the India-China border is essential for normalising bilateral relations, warning that any disruption along the frontier would have wider consequences for ties between the two countries.

Speaking with John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, in Delhi, Jaishankar noted that India and China have yet to reach a mutually agreed boundary settlement, with the issue remaining unresolved for several decades.

He pointed out that despite the longstanding border dispute, India-China relations had developed over a period of 45 years without any fatalities along the border between 1975 and 2020.

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