Overview

• Opening remarks from S. Jaishankar pressed for de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control and warned that differences must not become disputes.
• Wang Yi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval are slated to hold the 24th round of Special Representatives boundary talks on Tuesday in New Delhi, with a call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled for the evening.
• The agenda includes practical confidence-building steps such as restarting direct flights, expanding pilgrimages and tourist visas, and reopening select border trade posts.
• Despite disengagement at some friction points last year, each side continues to keep roughly 50,000–60,000 troops in eastern Ladakh, underscoring that full de-escalation has yet to begin.
• Beijing cast the trip as implementing leader-level understandings to stabilise ties, as India contends with new U.S. tariffs and prepares for the SCO summit in Tianjin at month’s end.