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April 29, 2025
New Delhi: In a significant development, India and China reaffirmed their commitment to promote the resumption of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, cross-border river cooperation and Nathula border trade. During the meeting, both sides agreed on measures to maintain peace and tranquility along the border, and strengthen mechanisms for diplomatic and military negotiations, with plans for a follow-up meeting in India next year.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “On December 18, 2024, the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives on the China-India Boundary Question was held in Beijing. This was the first meeting between the two sides in five years.”
“Based on the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries in the Kazan meeting, Chinese Special Representative, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi and Indian Special Representative and National Security Advisor Doval held substantive discussions on the China-India border issue in a positive and constructive manner and reached six consensuses,” the release added.
It is significant to know that the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is seen as a big step to improve the bilateral ties between the two countries. The yatra that involves a visit to mount Kailash and Mansarovar lake in Tibet — has been suspended since the Covid outbreak of 2020.
And after the covid was over, there was no renewal of arrangements by the Chinese side amid prickly relations between Beijing and New Delhi. Moreover, the situation further escalated after the Galwan clash.
Now, in this meeting on Monday, both the countries agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two places and for this, the relevant technical authorities on the two sides will meet and negotiate an updated framework for this purpose at an early date.
