- Troop recoil, border delimitation discussed in the last conversations.
- Modi of India says that stable ties will contribute to global peace.
- Wang de China says that both countries should improve mutual trust.
New Delhi: India and China agreed on Tuesday to resume direct flights and increase trade and investment flows as the neighbors reconstruct the ties damaged by a 2020 border clash.
Asian giants are cautiously strengthening ties with the context of the unpredictable foreign policy of US President Donald Trump, organizing a series of high -level bilateral visits.
The two countries would resume direct flights and boost trade and investment, including the reopening of border trade in three designated points and facilitate visas, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India.
Direct flights have been suspended from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. There was no date for resumption.
The latest statements reached the end of the two -day visit of China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi to New Delhi, for the 24th round of conversations with the National Security Advisor of India (NSA), Ajit Doval, to resolve his border dispute of decades.
The border conversations covered problems related to withdrawing troops that both countries have accumulated on their border of the Himalayas, delimitation of borders and limit issues, said the Indian ministry.
Both countries have agreed to establish a working group to consult and coordinate on border affairs to advance demarcation, on Wednesday showed a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs published Wednesday.
He said that the mechanism will extend the conversations to cover the eastern and medium sections of the border. Meanwhile, another round of conversations will be held in the western section as soon as possible, the ministry said.
Beijing also said that both countries agreed to meet again in China in 2026.
“The stable, predictable and constructive ties between India and China will contribute significantly to regional and global peace and prosperity,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi published in X after meeting with Wang.
Modi is scheduled to travel to China at the end of this month to participate in the Shanghai cooperation organization, his first visit to the country in more than seven years.
Tibet dam
A reading of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Wang told Doval that “the stable and healthy development of China-India relations is in the fundamental interests of the people of the two countries.”
The two parties “should improve mutual trust through dialogues and expand cooperation,” Wang said, and should point to a consensus in areas such as border control and demarcation negotiations.
India said that Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, had stressed in his conversations with the concerns of Wang India regarding the Mega dam that China is building in the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet.
Yarlung Zangbo becomes Brahmaputra as it flows to India and Bangladesh, a lifeguard for millions.
The dam would have implications for the lowest riverside states and the need for “maximum transparency” was strongly underlined, New Delhi said.
To that, China agreed to share with India’s emergency hydrological information about relevant rivers on humanitarian principles, said China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Both parties agreed to involve an expert level mechanism in cross -border rivers and maintain communication to renew flood report arrangements, the ministry said.
Chinese officials had previously said that hydroelectric projects in Tibet would not have a great impact on the environment or water supplies downstream, but India and Bangladesh have expressed concerns.
Earlier on Tuesday, an Indian source said Wang had assured Jaishankar that Beijing was addressing three key Indian concerns: the need for fertilizers, rare earths and tunnel drilling machines.
The Ministries of Ministries of Foreigners and Mines of India and the Ministry of Commerce of China did not immediately respond to comments requests.
