Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart to make a new push to settle a long-running border row, pledging his commitment to "peace and tranquility".
"We agreed that our special representatives will meet soon to continue discussions seeking an early agreement on a framework for a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable boundary settlement," Singh said after talks with Li Keqiang.
"Peace and tranquility on our border has to be preserved," Singh added at a press conference in New Delhi.
Li's visit comes after a flare-up last month in a long-running border dispute between the two countries in a remote Himalayan region.
New Delhi accused Chinese troops of intruding nearly 20 kilometres (12 miles) into Indian-claimed territory, triggering a three-week stand-off that was resolved when troops from both sides pulled back.
The Line of Actual Control between the nuclear-armed neighbours has never been formally demarcated, although they have signed accords to maintain peace in the region that was the site of a brief Indo-Chinese war in 1962.
Li said that the border dispute was a historical hangover and that there was a desire on both sides to resolve it.
"We have established the principles for settling the question," Li said.
"Both sides believe we need to improve the border mechanisms that have been put into place and make them more efficient.. and appropriately resolve our differences."