Thu. Mar 28th, 2024

India and China have promised for a greater future as in the BRICS Summit of 2018, it has re-emphasised that the relationship between the two nations will be further strengthened. Chinese Defence Minister will visit India next month as part of the efforts to maintain the “momentum” generated by the recent talks and meetings.

Modi, in his BRICS Summit, met Xi Jinping for the third time in nearly three months. Yesterday after their two-day informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan and bilateral meetings in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Qingdao, some important issues have been addressed.
“It is important to maintain this momentum and for this, we should, at our level, regularly review our relationship and give proper instructions whenever required,” Modi told Xi in his opening remarks.

At Wuhan, Mr Modi and Mr Xi had decided to issue “strategic guidance” to their militaries. This was especially done to ‘strengthen communications’ to ‘build trust’ and a move focused on avoiding a ‘Doklam-like situation’ in the future.

Mr Modi said that the Johannesburg meeting has provided one more opportunity to them to ‘strengthen their closer developmental partnership’.

India has also expressed his willingness to send National Security Adviser Ajit Doval to China this year for the Special Representative-level boundary talks. Doval said.

“It was decided that these two visits would take place in August and October, respectively,”

“It has been decided that an Indian trade delegation will be travelling to China on August 1 and 2. Among the issues they will discuss are exports of soya, sugar and non-basmati rice and they will also look at the possible import of urea from China,” he added.

Ties with China and India has been strenuous due to the former nation’s alliance with Pakistan. China has emerged as an instrumental and steady ally for Pakistan over the last few years. With the launching of several developmental projects and with an investment of over $50 billion over the BRI project of Border and Road Initiative.

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