India and China Resume Passenger Flights After Five Years
India and China agreed to resume direct passenger flights on Monday after a five-year freeze due to the covid-19 pandemic and subsequent border clashes.
Following a meeting in Beijing on Monday between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, India’s Foreign Ministry said it had reached an agreement with China “in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries,” adding that further negotiations would take place.
Tensions: Passenger flights between the two countries were first suspended in 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak, but after a deadly border clash in June of that year, relations between India and China became strained.
Both China and India claim overlapping territory along their shared border in the Himalayas. In a June 2020 clash, 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed, the first time in 45 years that a dispute between the two countries led to fatalities. Subsequent clashes have increased tensions.
These tensions began to ease, however, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the brics summit in Russia last October.
Partnership: India and China are restoring relations, actively working to resolve the tensions and difficulties they have had in the past.
The Bible prophesies of a partnership between India and China in our day that will be backed by support from Russia. Based on these prophecies, we expect India and China’s relationship to continue to improve over the long term.
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