India-China Ties At “New Starting Point”: Beijing After Foreign Ministers’ Meeting [Video]

New Delhi:

In a big step forward in India-China ties, the two countries have discussed resuming direct flights between the countries as well restarting the Kailash Mansarovar yatra. The Chinese foreign ministry has also said that the India-China relationship is at a “new starting point”. 

The two key issues were discussed when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on Monday.

The meeting was the first high-level engagement between the two countries since the completion of the disengagement process in the two contentious areas of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh and the ministers noted that this had contributed to the maintenance of peace and tranquility.

Direct flights between India and China were suspended because of the Covid pandemic in 2020 and have not resumed since then despite the restrictions being lifted. The stand-off in Ladakh …