lndia-China dialogue fuels hope of improvement in ties
The India-China relationship can deliver only if both sides are alive to each other’s concerns and are willing to accommodate them.
Updated At : 12:01 PM Jul 21, 2025 IST
After India announced on October 21, 2024 that it had reached an agreement with China on withdrawal of troops and resumption of patrolling in the Depsang and Demchok areas in Eastern Ladakh along the LAC, a process of renewed dialogue began. The agreement was reached a day before the BRICS summit began in Russia. For five years, there had been no meeting between India and China at the leaders’ level. China agreed to this decision after long dithering when it was convinced that India had reverted to its “strategic independence” from its deep reliance on the USA earlier and its rapprochement would help her in its long-term rivalry with the USA.
