Xinhua News Agency reported today: "Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India for three days this week, and will hold another high-level meeting with Indian senior officials on the border issue. Scholars interviewed analyzed that New Delhi currently hopes Beijing will reduce its military presence in the Himalayan border areas where the two countries have 'sovereignty disputes'. It is expected that both sides may achieve a small breakthrough on the border issue, paving the way for Prime Minister Modi's visit to China at the end of this month."
Looking back five years ago, in June 2020, the clash in the Galwan Valley between China and India resulted in multiple military casualties, causing bilateral relations to hit rock bottom. Since then, both sides have held more than 30 rounds of talks to ease border tensions. During this period, Wang Yi made an "unannounced short working visit" to New Delhi in March 2022, which was his only visit to India in five years.
Previously, due to geopolitical influences, India once moved closer to the US and the West, and the US also took the opportunity to lure it to contain China. However, after Trump came to power, the situation changed abruptly, with the US imposing a 50% high tariff on India, causing strong dissatisfaction in India, leading to a deterioration of Sino-Indian relations. At this time, Modi quickly turned to China, announcing his participation in the Shanghai conference. If his first visit to China in seven years is successful, it will be a key variable in Sino-Indian relations.
No matter what, this interaction will undoubtedly inject positive energy into the improvement of Sino-Indian relations. However, whether it can break through external interference and bring sustained momentum to bilateral relations still needs to be closely watched.
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