India-China Relations

The Chinese President arrived on 12 September for a two-day visit to attend the BRICS summit at Bharat Mandapam, his first to India since the October 2019 informal summit at Mamallapuram. In an hour-long bilateral meeting he and Mr. Modi welcomed steady progress in ties since they last met at Tianjin in August 2025.

The airline announced on 12 September that regular passenger services on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route would resume from 21 September, ending a six-year suspension. With the restart it will operate more than 100 weekly flights across eight round-trip routes in South Asia.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on 25 August for the 25th round of Special Representatives talks on the boundary question. The two sides said they had discussed advancing delimitation talks on parts of the disputed border and stressed peace and tranquillity in border areas. They also agreed to open two more Border Personnel Meeting points along the Line of Actual Control, whose locations are yet to be announced.