Modi and Xi pledge to ease border tensions

beijing — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended informal meetings on 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”, the Indian foreign ministry said. —

PTI PERFECT SETTING: Indian PM Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping along the East Lake in Wuhan, China, on Saturday. —