There is an upward trend in India-China ties, NSA Ajit Doval says

There is an upward trend in India-China relations and bilateral engagements between the neighbours have been more substantial, India's national security advisor Ajit Doval told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday as they began border talks.

"The setbacks we experienced in the past few years were not in the interests of the people of our two countries. And then in October last year, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi had an important meeting in Kazan. That meeting pointed the direction for the development of our bilateral relations and provided impetus for the proper settlement of the boundary question..."

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