Overview

• Speaking at a National Day reception in New Delhi, Xu Feihong said the Modi–Xi meetings in Tianjin lifted ties to a “new level of improvement” and pressed that the boundary dispute should not determine the overall relationship.
• He reported that goods trade grew 10.4% year-on-year to $102 billion from January through August.
• The embassy and consulates have issued more than 265,000 visas in 2025, with Kailash–Mansarovar facilitation resumed for about 700 official and 20,000 private pilgrims.
• Xu proposed a four-point approach focused on a long-term strategic outlook, expanded cooperation, continuous dialogue, and stronger multilateral coordination.
• He urged joint opposition to “hegemony” and tariff or trade wars in defense of Global South interests, even as analysts caution that unresolved LAC management, power asymmetry, and an unscheduled restart of direct flights keep normalization tentative.