Steady, useful ties in between India and China will add to international peace, success: PM Modi

RELEASED: 19 Aug 2025, 10:12 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 19 Aug 2025, 10:12 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted the value of preserving peace and serenity along the frontier with China, and repeated India’s dedication to a reasonable, sensible and mutually-acceptable resolution to the border concern as he satisfied Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Modi stated steady, foreseeable and useful ties in between India and China will contribute considerably to local in addition to international peace which he is eagerly anticipating conference Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the upcoming top of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Chinese city of Tianjin.

Wang, who landed in Delhi on Monday on a two-day see, turned over a message and an invite to the SCO Summit from Xi to Modi.

In a social networks post after his conference with the Chinese foreign minister, Modi stated the India-China relations have actually made constant development, directed by regard for each other’s interests and level of sensitivities, given that his talks with Xi around 10 months back.

2 days after India and China accepted end the eastern Ladakh face-off, Modi and Xi fulfilled in the Russian city of Kazan in October in 2015 and accepted restore numerous systems to normalise the bilateral relations and resolve the border disagreement.

Wang’s go to is mostly viewed as part of the continuous efforts of the 2 neighbours to restore their relationship after it came under extreme pressure following the lethal Galwan valley clashes in 2020.

“Glad to meet Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Since my meeting with President Xi in Kazan last year, India-China relations have made steady progress guided by respect for each other’s interests and sensitivities,” Modi stated in a post on X.

“I look forward to our next meeting in Tianjin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit. Stable, predictable, constructive ties between India and China will contribute significantly to regional as well as global peace and prosperity,” he included.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated Modi stressed the significance of keeping peace and serenity on the border, and repeated India’s dedication to a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable” resolution to the border concern.

“The prime minister welcomed the steady and positive progress in bilateral ties since his meeting with President Xi in Kazan last year, guided by mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity, including the resumption of the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra,” the PMO stated in a declaration.

Modi thanked Xi for the invite to the SCO top and communicated his approval.

The prime minister revealed assistance for China’s presidency of the SCO Summit and stated he anticipates conference Xi in Tianjin, the PMO stated.

The SCO top will be hung on August 31 and September 1.

The PMO stated Wang shared his “positive assessment” of bilateral conferences with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.

While Wang and Jaishankar held substantial talks on Monday, the Chinese foreign minister’s conference under the structure of Special Representative discussion on the border concern happened on Tuesday.

PTI