Time to take forward ties ‘without backsliding’, says China’s Foreign Minister
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized the importance of maintaining stable relations between India and China following a meeting at the BRICS Summit. He urged both nations to act on their consensus to remain partners rather than rivals to avoid backsliding in diplomatic progress.
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Improving relations between the world's two most populous nations is critical for regional stability and global geopolitical dynamics.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that the leaders of India and China reached “an important consensus” that the two countries should be partners, and Beijing hoped Saturday’s (September 12, 2026) meeting in New Delhi would see both countries take forward ties “without stagnation or backsliding”.
Mr. Wang, who accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping on his visit to New Delhi for the BRICS Summit, told State media, briefing them on the talks, that the two leaders held “a candid, in-depth exchange of views on issues affecting the countries of a strategic, long-term, and direction-setting nature, and reached a most important consensus that China and India should be partners.”
He quoted Mr. Xi as saying that “under the strategic guidance of the two countries’ leaders, China-India relations have gradually emerged from a low point, progressing from a ‘restart’ to a ‘renewed height.’
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