India provides intrinsic link between developed, developing worlds: Salman Khurshid

"We have understood, and I think China understands this as well, there will not be any dramatic changes in our positions; but incrementally we have to improve, and incrementally we have improved," he said in the interview published today in ISAS newsletter "South Asia".

"This is the latest version of cooperation on the border to prevent any untoward incident becoming an issue between us," he said, referring to India's new border pact with China.

"So, at the same time, in parallel, we are actually talking in the Special Representatives [forum]; we have done 16 rounds. We are talking about the basic principles followed by the basic format by which we will be able to find a resolution.We know that it can't be done in a hurry. China knows it can't be done in a hurry," he said.