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India and China will resume direct flights following a five-year ban

India and China are resuming direct flights this month between certain cities, ending a more than five-year suspension. The move signals a gradual easing of tensions bilaterally, the Indian foreign ministry announced on Thursday.

Since 2020, there haven't been any direct flights between China & India. This is despite China being India's largest bilateral trading partner.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited China for the first time since 2007 to attend the a

Meeting

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Regional Security Block

Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping discussed ways to improve trade ties in the face of global tariff uncertainty.

Modi stressed India's commitment towards improving relations and expressed concern about the growing trade deficit between India and China, which is nearly $99.2 Billion.

He stressed the importance of maintaining stability and peace along their disputed boundary, where a clash that occurred in 2020 led to a five-year standoff. (Reporting from Mrinmay dey and Yazhini M.V. in Bengaluru, Editing by Susan Fenton & Kevin Liffey).

(source: Reuters)