By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 24 June: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on Tuesday, reaffirming the steady improvement in India-China relations and accepting Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit later this month.

The meeting came after Wang held separate talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, as both countries continued efforts to stabilise relations following years of tensions along the Indo-Tibetan border.

Following the meeting, Modi said India-China relations had made “steady progress” since his meeting with Xi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan last year. “Stable, predictable, constructive ties between India and China will contribute significantly to regional as well as global peace and prosperity,” Modi said, adding tha...