Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China's top diplomat and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the countries' relationship after a yearslong standoff between the nuclear-armed powers.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday discussed border peace, trade issues and bilateral exchanges, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

India and China are moving towards a reset in their relations. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to New Delhi has produced breakthroughs on border talks, trade, connectivity, and people-to-people exchanges.

His remarks came as Delhi and Beijing agreed on resumption of direct flights, border trade, facilitating trade and investments, and at least three border-related new mechanisms, signalling headway made in rebuilding ties after five years of a tense border standoff.

There is an upward trend in India-China relations and Beijing has promised to address New Delhi's needs on rare earths, a top Indian official and a source said on Tuesday, as the neighbours rebuild ties that were damaged by a 2020 border clash.

India has decided to restart trade with China through three border routes: Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, Shipki La in Himachal Pradesh, and Nathu La in Sikkim.

India has agreed to a long-standing Chinese proposal to ease border tensions while also resuming direct flights and business links, as both sides explore trade cooperation - particularly in strategic sectors like rare earths - in a bid to reset their ...

India and China agreed on Tuesday to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows as the neighbours rebuild ties damaged by a 2020 border clash.

India and China on Tuesday agreed to reopen border trade through three designated passes and resume direct flight connectivity, as part of .

India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead deep into the territory of its geopolitical rival, China, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his first visit there in years.

Located in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district, along India’s international border with Nepal, Piprahwa village lies just south of Lumbini, believed to be the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha.

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