Modi and Xi agree to reduce border tensions

• Sarwar Alam
• 29 April, 2018

By: Sarwar Alam

Chinese president Xi Jinping and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi ended informal meetings Saturday with a promise to reduce border tensions after a high-altitude standoff in the Himalayas last year. The leaders have spent two days in the central Chinese city of Wuhan for discussions on how to mend ties strained when troops from both sides came eyeball-to-eyeball in the disputed Doklam area. The leaders “underscored the importance of maintaining peace and tranquility in all areas of the India-China border region”, Indian’s foreign ministry said in a statement following the meeting. “They issued strategic guidance to their respective militaries to…

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