EAM meets Chinese V-P, calls for normalising ties

The continued normalisation of India-China relations can produce mutually beneficial outcomes, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said at a meeting with Chinese vice president Han Zheng on Monday.

- HT Correspondent

Jaishankar met Han in Beijing shortly after arriving in China to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). This is his first visit to China since bilateral ties were hit by border clashes in April-May 2020.

The bilateral relationship has been “steadily improving” since the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in the Russian city of Kazan last October, Jaishankar said in his opening remarks at the meeting.

“Continued normalisation of our ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes,” Jaishankar said. He added that his discussions during this visit will maintain the “positive trajectory” in the relationship.