Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held summit talks in Delhi on September 18, Thursday, for 90 minutes, more than the allotted time.
"There should be peace in our relations and at the borders. If this happens we can realise true potential of our relations," Mr Modi said later, amid a stand-off in Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese soldiers are locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation at the border.
Here is the full text of the joint statement: