1.   Officials were at pains to point out that it was focused on resolving border disputes and promoting trade.

2.   The two presidents met for the first time to discuss their longstanding border dispute.

3.   Outstanding differences on the border dispute between the two countries failed, however, to be resolved decisively.

4.   Discussions centring on the border dispute between the two countries were described by Pawar as sincere and constructive.

5.   A border dispute with Thailand which at times threatened to intensify into full-scale fighting was settled in December following intervention by the Thai monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

6.   Already, countries in the region have settled border disputes and signed long-delayed treaties as they prepared for NATO membership.

7.   A six-decade-long border dispute with religious roots that reach back centuries.

8.   Abdullah has brokered settlements to long-festering border disputes with neighboring Yemen and Kuwait.

9.   But beyond minor border disputes, China has no hostile designs on India.