Overview

• Wang Yi met Ajit Doval and S. Jaishankar in New Delhi and called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who accepted an invitation to attend the SCO summit in Tianjin this month.
• The Special Representatives’ talks created a WMCC expert group on early‑harvest delimitation, a WMCC working group on border management, and extended general‑level mechanisms to the Eastern and Middle sectors.
• Both sides agreed to restore direct flights “at the earliest,” update the air services agreement, ease visas, and reopen border trade via Lipulekh, Shipki La and Nathu La.
• People‑to‑people and water cooperation will expand, with a larger Kailash Manasarovar pilgrimage from 2026 and emergency hydrological data‑sharing as India pressed for transparency on China’s Brahmaputra dam.
• Key issues remain unresolved, with large frontline deployments reported on both sides of the LAC, a plan for the next SR round to be held in China, and reciprocal support pledged for BRICS summits in 2026–27.