China, India work to safeguard border peace, tranquility: spokesman

China hopes India will work jointly to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, a Chinese defense ministry spokesman said in Beijing on Thursday.

Zhang Xiaogang, the spokesman, made the remarks in response to a query regarding a recent deal reached between the two countries on patrol arrangements in border areas, which could lead to disengagement and end the conflict that began in 2020.

India's Chief of Army Staff Gen. Upendra Dwivedi recently said that India hopes to restore the border situation to the state before April 2020, and gradually resume normal management along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

"China and India have reached resolutions on issues concerning the border areas through diplomatic and military channels. The frontline troops of the two militaries are making progress in implementing the resolutions in an orderly manner," the spokesman said.

"President Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the margins of the BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia. Both sides agreed that China and India should view and handle the bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, and make sure that differences on specific issues would not affect the overall bilateral relationship. We hope the Indian side will work together with China in the same direction, take the important consensus between the two state leaders as guidance, continuously implement the above-mentioned resolutions, and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border areas," he continued.

China, India work to safeguard border peace, tranquility: spokesman

The value of China's international trade in goods and services reached nearly 4.48 trillion yuan in September this year, marking an increase of 5 percent year on year, official data showed on Thursday.

In U.S. dollar terms, the country's exports of goods and services amounted to 352 billion U.S. dollars, while imports totaled 280.6 billion dollars, recording a surplus of 71.3 billion dollars, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said.

The export value of goods reached nearly 2.25 trillion yuan, while the import value of goods totaled about 1.62 trillion yuan, resulting in a surplus of 626.8 billion yuan.

The value of exported services amounted to 242 billion yuan and the value of imported services stood at 364 billion yuan, producing a deficit of 121.9 billion yuan.

China's int'l trade in goods, services up 5 pct in September

China's int'l trade in goods, services up 5 pct in September