Chinese and Indian diplomats call for warmer relations

Both sides were keen to avoid the border issue during the talks (Phoenix TV via APTN)

The top diplomats of China and India have called for their nations to provide further mutual support, but avoided publicly mentioning a long-standing border dispute in the Himalayas.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top Indian foreign affairs official Vikram Misri after their meeting in Beijing that the sides “should seize the opportunity, meet each other halfway, explore more substantive measures, and strive to understand, support and achieve each other, rather than be suspicious of, alienate and consume each other”, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported.