International Desk, Bangladesh Global: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the importance of stable India-China relations, China said the two nations had made "great positive progress" to resolve the border standoff along the LAC. Speaking to the media, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said India and China were maintaining close communication on the border issue, news agency PTI reported.
"About the border issue, I can tell you that China and India are remaining in close communication through diplomatic and military channels and great positive progress has been made," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was quoted by the news agency as saying.
"China hopes that India will work in the same direction with China to properly manage the differences and take the bilateral relations forward on a healthy, stable track," Mao further said.
Earlier this week, PM Modi, in an interview with Newsweek, said a stable relation between India and China was important not just for the two nations, but for the entire region and world.
He also highlighted that the "prolonged situation" at the borders should be addressed urgently.
PM Modi expressed confidence that through bilateral talks, the two countries would be able to restore peace and tranquillity at their borders.
"It is my belief that we need to urgently address the prolonged situation on our borders so that the abnormality in our bilateral interactions can be put behind us," PM Modi said in his interview.
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