Beijing: China and India have made “great positive progress” to resolve the border standoff and both sides are maintaining close communication, according to the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday. This comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed an urgency to resolve the “prolonged situation” at the border to remove the “abnormality in bilateral relations”.
“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 told a media briefing here responding to a question on PM Modi’s interview to Newsweek. “We also believe that a healthy China and India relations serve the interests of the two countries,” she said.