Jaishnakar on ties with China: 'Some positive movement; issues still persist'

External Affairs Minister S Jaishnakar on Wedensday said India is engaging with China to improve relationships. While speaking during the “New World Order” session at Rising Bharat Summit 2025, the minister said India is discussing with China to resume flights and the Mansarovar Yatra. "There has been some positive movement," he said.

However, he said "issues still persist". China's unilateral decision to alter the status quo in eastern Ladakh led to a military clash followed by a standoff with India in 2020. Anti-China sentiment surged across the nation, impacting everything from people-to-people ties, business and bilateral ties, trade, technology, visas, and even air travel.



In October 2024, after dozens of rounds of talks, both at the diplomatic and military levels, that the two countries reached an agreement - to return to the status quo in place before 2020..