Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India this week for talks with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, focusing on the broader border issue between the two nations.
The visit comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled trip to Tianjin, China, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit — his first visit to China since 2018. The summit will be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other leaders. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar participated in the SCO ministerial meetings earlier in June.
During his June visit to Beijing, Jaishankar met President Xi and briefed him on recent developments in India–China relations, stressing the importance of sustained leadership engagement to advance bilateral ties.
Relations between New Delhi and Beijing have gradually stabilised following the May 2020 intrusion by Chinese troops in Ladakh, which led to the deadly Galwan clash that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers and several Chinese personnel. After over four years of strained ties, Modi met Xi on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024, marking a turning point in efforts to restore normalcy.
Just prior to that meeting, India and China agreed to restart patrols in the Depsang area of Eastern Ladakh and welcomed an agreement for complete disengagement and resolution of issues stemming from the 2020 standoff. Modi underscored the need to handle differences responsibly, ensuring they do not disturb peace and tranquillity along the border.
In June, both countries agreed to resume direct air services, reopen the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra for pilgrims, enhance visa facilitation, and share data on transnational rivers. Last month, the Indian Embassy in China announced plans to resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens
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