India and China agreed in principle on Monday to resume direct flights between the two nations, almost five years after the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent political tensions stop them.
The announcement occurred at the end of a visit to Beijing of the main race diplomat in New Delhi and foreshadows the last signs of a thaw in the icy ties between the two most populated nations in the world.
The trip of the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, Vikram Misri, to the Chinese capital marked one of the officials of greater rank since a deadly confrontation of Himalayas troops on its border shared in 2020 made the relations fall in chopped
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India said that the visit of a high sent to Beijing had resulted in an agreement “in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries.”
“The relevant technical authorities of both parties will meet and negotiate an updated framework for this purpose on a nearby date,” he said.
India's statement also said that both parties had agreed to work harder in diplomacy to “restore mutual trust” and resolve pending commercial and economic issues.
The event occurred after New Delhi and Beijing, in October last year, reached an agreement to resolve a four -year military confrontation that had damaged the relationship between Asian giants.
The relations between the two nations of the world, both nuclear powers, have been tensioned since the clashes between their troops on the border of the Western Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese dead in 2020.
India cut the direct air links with China, prohibited hundreds of Chinese mobile applications and added levels of research of Chinese investments, saying that the relationship could not be normal if there was no peace on the border.
Days after both parties, they reached an agreement to end the border conflict, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, held their first formal conversations in five years and agreed to solve their differences and boost the links .
Indian officials have said that New Delhi was expected to be cautious and only take small steps to boost economic ties, given the confidence deficit of the last four years. It is expected that the resumption of direct flights and the streamlining of visa approvals are among the first steps, they said.
