Fourth, both sides agreed to explore the resumption of various intergovernmental bilateral dialogue and exchange mechanisms to strengthen cooperation, address each other's concerns, and properly manage differences, including holding the Third Meeting of the China-India High-level Mechanism on People-to-People Exchanges in India in 2026.

The foreign ministers of India and China met in New Delhi on Monday in a renewed effort by the nuclear-armed Asian rivals to ease tensions after a five-year border standoff significantly hurt relations.

India and China should view each other as "partners" rather than "adversaries or threats", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday, as he arrived for a two-day visit to Delhi. Yi met with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar - only the second such meeting between the two sides since 2020 - when deadly clashes in the Galwan valley in Ladakh,