After nearly five years, China and India are resuming air travel connections.

This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, according to Ukrinform.

It is noted that the agreements resulted from negotiations in Beijing between the Deputy Foreign Ministers of China and India, Sun Weidong and Vikram Misri.

The two countries also aim to enhance coordination and collaboration between law enforcement agencies, deepen transboundary river cooperation, and plan to jointly celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2025.

“The Chinese side emphasized that both countries should proceed from the fundamental interests of the two peoples… and promote dialogue and exchanges, directing public opinion in a positive manner for the healthy and stable development of China-India relations,” the Chinese foreign ministry stated.

Relations between China and India remain tense due to a territorial dispute along the border in the high Himalayas, which has persisted for over 60 years and remains unresolved to this day.

Each side maintains numerous military formations near the disputed border, which occasionally engage in clashes. Following the last severe confrontation in 2020, which resulted in casualties and injuries on both sides, the two countries effectively froze all exchanges, imposing a series of bans, including on air travel and the operation of each other's media.

Positive shifts towards normalizing relations only began last autumn when Beijing and New Delhi withdrew several tens of thousands of troops from the line of conflict in the disputed border area.

As reported by Ukrinform, India and China completed the withdrawal of troops from the last two sections of the disputed border in the eastern region of Ladakh in the high Himalayas, ending a standoff that had lasted for over four years.