Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the India-China relations is not just important for the people of the two countries but also for global peace, stability and progress. He said this during the bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit at Kazan, Russia.

“Mutual Trust, Mutual Respect, and Mutual Sensitivity should continue to be the basis of our relations”, PM Modi said.

In their first formal meeting after five years, the Prime Minister welcomed the recent agreement for complete disengagement and resolution of issues that arose in 2020 in the India-China border areas and underscored the importance of properly handling differences and disputes and not allowing them to disturb peace and tranquility.

The Ministry of External Affairs informed that during the meeting, the two leaders agreed that the Special Representatives on the India-China boundary question will meet at an early date to oversee the management of peace & tranquility in border areas and to explore a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the boundary question. The relevant dialogue mechanisms at the level of Foreign Ministers and other officials will also be utilized to stabilize and rebuild bilateral relations.

Further, Modi and Jinping affirmed that stable, predictable, and amicable bilateral relations between India and China, as two neighbors and the two largest nations on earth, will have a positive impact on regional and global peace and prosperity. It will also contribute to a multi-polar Asia and a multi-polar world.

The leaders underlined the need to progress bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, enhance strategic communication and explore cooperation to address developmental challenges, the Ministry stated.