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It is the new thaw in relations between the two countries, whose troops were worried about fatal skirmishes in the Himalayas in 2020.
By Mujib Mashal
Reports from New Delhi
India and China have agreed to resume direct flights between the two countries after about five years, the new thaw between the two Asian giants that until recently were at war over a fatal border dispute.
The rapprochement also included agreements on access to the new routes on both sides and facilitating pilgrimages to a Hindu holy site in Tibet. They were announced on Monday from either side, after Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Misri visited Beijing.
The two nations have made really extensive progress in recent months to repair some normalcy in bonds. His dating had sunk into its worst.
In October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in Russia. It was the first time the two leaders sat down for proper talks in five years. This verbal exchange has been made imaginable through more than two dozen rounds of negotiations between army leaders and diplomats to disconnect their forces along the upper border in the Himalayas.
Misri’s vacation to Beijing was due to comply with a series of “people-centered measures to stabilize and rebuild ties,” India’s foreign ministry in A said after the visit.
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