text: Action needs to be initiated expeditiously to exchange marked maps of all sectors and to spell out each side’s perception of the LAC/boundary. Thereafter, the boundary negotiations can be held under political guidance, in the spirit of mutual understanding and accommodation and in keeping with agreed parameters. While the boundary delineation should be undertaken in a stipulated early time frame, demarcation can follow over a longer period of time. Understandably, this is an ideal construct, which is predicated entirely on China’s willingness to resolve the boundary question.