China-India agree to restore sound ties

China and India agreed to bring bilateral relations back on the track of sound and steady development at an early date, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday. Mao made the statement in response to a question about Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to China.

She added that President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached important common understandings on improving and growing bilateral relations when they met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan last October. Recently, both sides have acted to earnestly implement these common understandings.

Chinese and Indian foreign ministers and defense ministers met with each other on multilateral occasions. The 23rd meeting between the Special Representatives of China and India on the boundary question was concluded with positive outcomes.