{"id":63832,"date":"2018-04-23T06:22:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T06:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=63832"},"modified":"2018-04-23T06:22:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T06:22:30","slug":"indias-narendra-modi-meet-chinas-xi-jinping-ties-thaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/indias-narendra-modi-meet-chinas-xi-jinping-ties-thaw.html","title":{"rendered":"India’s Narendra Modi to meet China’s Xi Jinping as ties thaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

India’s Narendra Modi to meet China’s Xi Jinping as ties thaw<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week, as the two countries strive to mend ties following a turbulent period in cross-border relations.<\/span><\/p>\n

China’s Ministry of Foreign affairs said Xi and Modi would hold an “informal meeting” on April 27 and 28 in the city of Wuhan, in central China.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Wang Yi called the visit a “new milestone” Sunday, saying that the two leaders should “cement strategic trust” and “properly settle disputes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, troops from both countries were involved in a months-long border standoff in Doklam, a Himalayan region near Bhutan. India also boycotted China’s flagship summit on its Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious global trade plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dalai Lama’s visit to the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh — a territory China’s claims as it’s own — also soured ties between Beijing and New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the two countries have sought to reboot their relationship since late 2017, when the two reached an apparent resolution in the Doklam border dispute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Agreements on rivers, pilgrims<\/span><\/p>\n

India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the two countries had agreed to re-open the Nathu La Pass, a key route for Indian pilgrims to reach Mount Kailash, a holy mountain for Buddhists and Hindus. She also said Beijing and New Delhi will resume sharing data on the Brahmaputra and Sutlej rivers, crucial to predicting floods in India’s northeast.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The progress made in the last few months has also contributed to building trust and understanding in our bilateral engagement,” she said during a visit to Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Analysts also point to India’s recent moves to distance itself from the exiled Tibetan community — long a sticking point in ties — as a reflection of Delhi’s apparent shift in China policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manoj Joshi, a fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, told CNN last month that India is keen to keep ties balanced, especially with China growing closer to rival Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Relations stand at an uneasy place, with India trying to backtrack somewhat and mend fences that were broken in the last two years,” he told CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added China was also seeking progress as it didn’t want “India to drift back into the American camp.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the rapprochement, India has been trying to counter China’s influence in its backyard, moving to construct a military base in the Seychelles as China expands its reach in the Maldives and in Sri Lanka, where it has taken control of a strategically located port.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/22\/asia\/india-china-xi-modi-intl\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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