Chinese and Indian diplomats call for warmer relations but make no public mention of border dispute

The top diplomats of China and India have called for their nations to provide further mutual support, but avoided making any public statements about a long-standing border dispute when they met Monday in Beijing. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top Indian official Vikram Misri that the sides should “meet each other halfway," rather than be suspicious of" each other. Ties have been stable since last year, when the two sides agreed to a pact on military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas after a spike in tensions that began with a deadly clash in 2020.