India, China envoys discuss border peace, trade to boost cooperation

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow in 2020. - Reuters

NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday (Aug 18) discussed border peace, trade issues and bilateral exchanges, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

"We had productive conversations on our economic and trade issues, pilgrimages, people-to-people contacts, river data sharing, border trade, connectivity and bilateral exchanges," Jaishankar said.