NSA Doval holds talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Monday held "constructive" talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi focusing on key aspects of bilateral engagement including progress in normalisation of the ties that came under severe strain during the over four-year eastern Ladakh border standoff. Wang is in New Delhi to attend a BRICS conclave. In the meeting, Doval underlined that stable, predictable and constructive bilateral relations will contribute to building trust and better understanding between the two sides.
In the meeting, Doval and Wang also reviewed the overall situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “The two sides reviewed recent developments in bilateral relations and noted progress towards gradual normalisation,” external Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said. “NSA Doval underlined that stable, predictable and constructive bilateral relations contribute to building of trust and better understanding between the two sides,” he said. Jaiswal said the Doval-Wang discussions were “constructive and forward-looking.”
India and China rolled out a series of measures in the last over one year to rebuild their relationship after it witnessed a major downturn following the deadly Galwan Valley clashes in 2020 and the subsequent military face-off that lasted for over four years. 
In August last year, Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang held a Special Representatives dialogue in New Delhi that produced a number of outcomes to maintain peace along the border. Following a series of diplomatic and military talks, the two sides withdrew their troops from several friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.