India discusses oil, border

India’s Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is meeting officials from the National Development and Reform Commission and China’s energy enterprises in order to reinforce energy ties. Aiyar said India and China would jointly bid for, explore and produce energy under an agreement to be signed this week. At least five agreements would be signed between companies of the two countries, with seven more agreements likely to be finalized during the three-day visit, which began Wednesday. Separately, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo agreed during strategic talks, which ended in Beijing Tuesday, to hold the seventh round of border talks in New Delhi in late February.