The Indian prime minister Narendra Monti said today that the New Delhi binds to improve relationships with Beijing during a major meeting he had with the Chinese president Si Jing on the sidelines of a regional security forum.

Modi is in China for the first time in seven years to participate in a two -day meeting of the Organization for Shanghai’s cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from Central, South and Southeast Asia, as well as from the Middle East, in a South East.

“We are committed to promoting our relationships on the basis of mutual respect, (mutual) trust and (reciprocal) sensitivities,” Monty told Si at the meeting, according to a brief video posted on the official account of the Indian leader in X.

The bilateral meeting took place five days after Washington imposed a 50% punitive tariff on Indian products due to the market for Russian oil from New Delhi.

Analysts say that Si and Monty are seeking to present a single front against the pressure of the West.

Monty said that a “peace and stability” atmosphere had been created at their disputed borders in the Himalayas, a place of a prolonged military confrontation after deadly military clashes in 2020 after which co -operation was frozen in most fields among their strategic opponents.

The Indian prime minister added that an agreement was reached between the two countries on border management, without giving details.

The two leaders had a significant meeting in Russia last year where they reached an agreement on border patrols launching an attempt to melt the ice that has accelerated in the last week as New Delhi seeks to offset Washington’s renewed duty threats.

The direct flights between the two countries, which had been suspended in 2020, are “repeated”, Monty added without mentioning a time frame.

OR China agreed to lift restrictions on exports of rare earths, Fertilizers and tunnel opening machinery this month during a significant visit to India of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Y.

China is opposed to Washington’s high duties in India and will “stand next to India,” the Chinese ambassador in India Feihong said earlier this month.

For decades, Washington has thoroughly cultivated relations with New Delhi in the hope that it would act as a regional counterweight to Beijing.

In recent months, China has allowed Indian pilgrims to visit Buddhist sites in Tibet, and the two countries are reciprocal restrictions on granting violence.