China’s top diplomat Wang Yi set for key talks with Modi in India

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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is set to meet with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday as part of a two-day visit to Delhi, the latest sign of warming ties between the two Asian giants.

Mr Wang landed in Delhi on Monday and is expected to meet with a number of senior Indian officials including national security advisor Ajit Doval and India’s foreign affairs minister S Jaishankar before finally sitting down with Mr Modi.

The discussions are expected to cover a range of issues, including the mending of their bilateral relationship and coordination between their two militaries after a deadly 2020 clash along their disputed Himalayan border.

That skirmish derailed relations between the two countries, but an agreement last October on how to patrol the border has eased a five-year standoff that hurt trade and investment and saw all direct flights suspended.

The visi...

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