China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets S Jaishankar in Delhi, his first visit to India in 3 years
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his counterpart S Jaishankar in Delhi on Monday evening, his first visit to India in three years, which indicates a constructive effort to fix ties between the two countries.
Following the meeting, S Jaishankar said the meeting seeks to improve the "difficult ties" between the two countries.
"Highlighted that our relations are best guided by the three mutuals - mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest. As we seek to move ahead from a difficult period in our ties, it needs a candid and constructive approach from both sides," Jaishankar wrote on X.
He said they had productive conversations on economic and trade issues, pilgrimages, people-to-people contacts, river data sharing, border trade, connectivity and bilateral exchanges.
"Confident that our discussions today would contribute to building a stable, cooperative and forward-looking relationship between India and China," he said.
Welcomed Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Delhi this evening.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) August 18, 2025
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The meeting comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit,.
The regional bloc's summit will be held in Tianjin city from August 31 to September 1.
Yi's visit signals the resumption of top-level Delhi-Beijing contact - this is his first visit to India in three years since the Galwan clash in 2020.
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