India and China share a complicated relationship. The world’s two most populous nations are outright regional rivals who fought a border war in the 1960s. Relations have been at a low point since border clashes in 2020 left soldiers dead on both sides.

Russia expects to continue supplying oil to India despite warnings from the United States, Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow hopes trilateral talks will soon take place with India and China.

India and China have agreed to explore demarcating their disputed border, a key move toward resolving decades-old territorial disputes as the neighbors look to recalibrate ties against the backdrop of strained India-US relations.

Whenever hostility between Beijing and New Delhi eases, tensions between India and Pakistan have also fallen. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) shakes hands with Indian External Affairs Minister S.

There is an upward trend in India-China relations and Beijing has promised to address New Delhi's needs on rare earths, a top Indian official and a source said on Tuesday, as the neighbours rebuild ties that were damaged by a 2020 border clash.

Nuclear-armed rivals India and China have agreed to resume direct flights for the first time in five years, ahead of a meeting between leaders Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping.

India and China are aware of the “very high political, economic and military cost of frozen relations,” he says. “China felt it had pushed India too close to the U.S. while India realized that it was losing its vaunted strategic autonomy by getting too close to Washington and turning Beijing into an adversary.”

India and China agreed on Tuesday to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows as the neighbours rebuild ties damaged by a 2020 border clash.

China and India have agreed to restore border stability and deepen cooperation in trade, diplomacy, and travel, marking a major thaw in relations despite U.S. pressure over Russian oil.