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NEW DELHI, Thursday (AFP) Senior Indian and Chinese government officials are to hold talks on a longstanding border dispute as well as other regional and international issues, an Indian foreign ministry statement said Wednesday.

The Indian side will be headed by foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal, who is the highest-ranked bureaucrat in the foreign ministry, while the Chinese delegation will be led by vice foreign minister Wang Yi for the meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.

"The two sides will have two sessions at which issues relating to the India-China boundary question and other bilateral aspects of India-China relations will be discussed," the statement said.

The two countries share a 4,000 kilometre (2,480 mile) border, part of which is disputed. It is hoped that the two sides will exchange maps on the contentious areas.

"Both sides will also exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual interest," the statement added. 

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