Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Wednesday during the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit in Russia.
The two parties declared they had reached an agreement on “disengagement and resolution of issues in these areas” a few days prior to the meeting.
Modi and Xi praised the move on Wednesday and promised to start talking again.
How did they arrive here?
To address the problems, the leaders have decided to schedule a meeting with their top officials for an “early date.”
The underlying reason of the decades-long problems in India-China relations is a disputed boundary that is 3,440 km (2,100 miles) long and poorly defined. Along the border, rivers, lakes, and snowcaps cause the line to frequently change, forcing soldiers into close quarters at various places and occasionally leading to conflict.
In 1962, the two nations engaged in combat, with India losing badly. The two sides have engaged in multiple clashes since then.
China protested at the UN Security Council when India removed the guaranteed autonomy for Indian-administered Kashmir in 2019 by repealing Article 370 of its constitution. China claims portions of Kashmir, which includes the high-altitude region of Ladakh.
