Normalisation of India-China ties can produce beneficial outcomes: Jaishankar in Beijing

India-China relations are improving and “continued normalisation of our ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng during a meeting in Beijing.

Jaishankar, who is in China to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meet, called on the Chinese Vice-President in Beijing on Monday.

"Our bilateral relationship, as you have pointed, has been steadily improving since the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Kazan last October. I am confident that my discussions in this visit will maintain that positive trajectory," Jaishankar said in a statement shared by the Ministry of External Affairs.

"The resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is also widely appreciated in India. Continued normalisation of our ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes," the Minister said, adding that “the international situation, as we meet today, is very complex.  As neighbouring nations and major economies, an open exchange of views and perspectives between India and China is very important."

Jaishankar is scheduled to meet his counterpart Wang Yi before proceeding for the SCO meeting.

Recently, India and China marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.