{"id":6166,"date":"2025-08-31T09:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/modi-and-xi-pledge-reset-in-india-china-ties-after-years-of-border-tensions\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T09:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:39:56","slug":"modi-and-xi-pledge-reset-in-india-china-ties-after-years-of-border-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/modi-and-xi-pledge-reset-in-india-china-ties-after-years-of-border-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi and Xi pledge reset in India-China ties after years of border tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TIANJIN, Aug 31 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said New Delhi was committed to improving ties with Beijing in a key meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping today, as both countries resolved to put aside differences from a years-long border standoff.<\/p>\n

Modi is in China for the first time in seven years to attend a two-day meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, along with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders from Central, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East in a show of Global South solidarity.<\/p>\n

“We are committed to progressing our relations based on mutual respect, trust and sensitivities,” Modi told Xi during the meeting on the sidelines of the summit, according to a video clip posted on the Indian leader’s official X account.<\/p>\n

The bilateral meeting took place five days after Washington imposed punishing 50% tariffs on Indian goods due to New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil. Analysts say Xi and Modi are looking to present a united front against Western pressure.<\/p>\n

Modi said an atmosphere of “peace and stability” has been created on their disputed Himalayan border, the site of a prolonged military standoff after deadly troop clashes in 2020, which froze most areas of cooperation between the nuclear-armed strategic rivals.<\/p>\n

He added that an agreement had been reached between both nations regarding border management, without giving details.<\/p>\n

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“We must… not let the border issue define the overall China-India relationship,” Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported Xi as saying.<\/p>\n

China-India ties could be “stable and far-reaching” if both sides focused on viewing each other as partners instead of rivals, Xi added.<\/p>\n

Both leaders had a breakthrough meeting in Russia last year after reaching a border patrol agreement, setting off a tentative thaw in ties that has accelerated in recent weeks as New Delhi seeks to hedge against renewed tariff threats from Washington.<\/p>\n

Direct flights between both nations, which have been suspended since 2020, are “being resumed”, Modi added, without providing a timeframe.<\/p>\n

China had agreed to lift export curbs on rare earths, fertilisers and tunnel boring machines this month during a key visit to India by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.<\/p>\n

China opposes Washington’s steep tariffs on India and will “firmly stand with India,” Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong said this month.<\/p>\n

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For decades, Washington painstakingly cultivated ties with New Delhi in the hope that it would act as a regional counterweight to Beijing.<\/p>\n

In recent months, China has allowed Indian pilgrims to visit Buddhist sites in Tibet, and both countries have lifted reciprocal tourist visa restrictions.<\/p>\n

“Both India and China are engaged in what is likely to be a lengthy and fraught process of defining a new equilibrium in the relationship,” said Manoj Kewalramani, a Sino-Indian relations expert at the Takshashila Institution think tank in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

However, other long-term irritants remain in the relationship.<\/p>\n

China is India’s largest bilateral trade partner, but the long-running trade deficit – a persistent source of frustration for Indian officials – reached a record $99.2 billion this year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet has sparked fears of mass water diversion that could reduce water flows on the major Brahmaputra River by up to 85% in the dry season, according to Indian government estimates.<\/p>\n

India also hosts the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader whom Beijing views as a dangerous separatist influence. India’s arch-rival Pakistan also benefits from staunch Chinese economic, diplomatic and military support. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TIANJIN, Aug 31 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said New Delhi was committed to improving ties with Beijing in a key meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping today, as both countries resolved to put aside differences from a years-long border standoff. Modi is in China for the first time in seven years to attend a…<\/p>\n

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