India’s foreign ministry announced on Monday ( Jan 27 ) that the two countries have agreed to resume direct air service after almost five years, indicating a thaw in relations between the neighbors following a deadly military clash in 2020 on their disputed Himalayan border.
Following a conference between India’s top minister and his Chinese counterpart, both sides agreed to work out a model for the planes in a conference that will take place at an “early day.”
After the 2020 conflict, when India restricted access to Chinese companies, banned hundreds of famous apps, and severely restricted passenger routes, even though strong cargo flights operated between the two countries, relations between them slowed.
Relations between China’s president Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have improved over the past four decades thanks to a number of high-level discussions.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated to Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in Beijing on Monday that the two nations does work together, look into more important issues, and work toward common goals.
In a statement, the American foreign ministry said that” special problems in the economic and trade regions were discussed in order to resolve these issues and promote long-term plan transparency and predictability.”