India and China have moved to steady their fractious relationship by agreeing to resume trade, direct flights, visas to journalists, and business and cultural exchanges. Leaders emphasized respect for each other's interests and urged mutual trust and support as ties enter a steady development track. China's top diplomat Wang Yi visited Delhi ahead of an expected visit by India's prime minister to Beijing in October. Both countries seek de-escalation of the Himalayan border dispute after deadly 2020 clashes; they have held talks, fortified borders, agreed a border patrol pact, withdrawn additional forces, and are exploring boundary delimitation negotiations.
India's prime minister and China's foreign minister have hailed steady progress in their countries' fractious relationship, agreeing to resume trade and other ties, as well as work towards resolving the long-running Himalayan border dispute, amid a global geopolitical shake-up instigated by Donald Trump's tariff regime. According to statements from China's foreign ministry, the two sides agreed to resume direct flights reiterating a pledge made in January as well as issuing visas to journalists and facilitating business and cultural exchanges.
On social media, India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, noted respect for each other's interests and sensitiveness, while China's foreign ministry said the countries had entered a steady development track and should trust and support each other. The visit by Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, to Delhi came ahead of an expected visit to Beijing by Modi to meet with China's leader, Xi Jinping, in October. It will be Modi's first trip to China since 2018.
Relations between the two nuclear powers plummeted in 2020 when a border dispute in the remote Himalayas turned deadly. Their soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat as the worst episode of violence between the neighbours in decades left an official death toll of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. Since then, the two sides have held a series of talks to de-escalate the situation. Modi and Xi last October in Russia had their first meeting in five years.
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