India’s Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, began conversations with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New Delhi on Monday and emphasized that there could be a positive impulse in the ties between the neighbors only if there was peace on their border.
Wang arrived in the Indian capital on Monday for a two -day visit during which he will celebrate the 24th round of border conversations with the Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and will also meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“This (discussing border problems) is very important because the basis for any positive impulse in our ties is the ability to jointly maintain peace and tranquility in border areas,” Jaishankar told Wang in his opening comments.
It is also important that the two countries withdraw their troops accumulated along their disputed border in the West Himalayas from a deadly border shock in 2020, Jaishankar said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India said in a publication on social networks that “the important commitments of the special representatives of India-China and in bilateral relations” were scheduled in the next two days.
Wang’s visit comes days before Modi Travel to China, his first visit in seven years, to attend the summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization, a regional political and security group that also includes Russia.
The relations between the Asian giants began to defrost in October after New Delhi and Beijing reached a milestone pact for the lowest military tensions on their Himalayan border after the conversations between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Modi in Russia.
The two most populated nations in the world are intense rivals that compete for the influence in southern Asia, and fought against a deadly border clash in 2020.
But caught in world trade and geopolitical turbulence caused by the tariff war of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, countries have moved to repair ties.
The border trade is expected to restart through its border of the frozen Himalayas and a great altitude to meet a high level on the Wang agenda. Its resumption would be significant for its symbolism, and follow agreements to return direct flights and issue tourist visas.
