China and India on Thursday held a meeting in Beijing to exchange views on relevant issues in border areas.

Hong Liang, director-general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and Gourangalal Das, joint secretary of the East Asia Division of Ministry of External Affairs of India, co-chaired the 31st Meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on China-India Border Affairs.

The meeting was held in "a positive, friendly and frank atmosphere," said the Chinese MFA in a statement.

The two sides agreed to work together to "turn over a new page" in the border situation at an early date in accordance with the spirit of the important common understandings reached at the July meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said the statement.

The two sides exchanged in-depth views on relevant issues in border areas, further narrowed differences, expanded consensus, and agreed to strengthen dialogue and consultation, accommodate each other's legitimate concerns, and reach a mutually acceptable solution at an early date.

The two sides agreed to consolidate the outcomes of consultations, strictly abide by the border-related agreements and confidence-building measures, and continue to jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas.

Representatives of government agencies for foreign affairs, national defense and immigration affairs of the two countries attended the meeting.

(With input from Xinhua)