NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday 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. He added that the discussions would contribute to building a stable, cooperative and forward-looking relationship between India and China.

Foreign minister’s trip comes amid easing tensions between Asian giants and ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s China visit.

BEIJING: China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, as the two countries consider resuming…