New Delhi: The ongoing visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Wuhan city in China adds another milestone to the long-term bilateral relations shared between India and China.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of the efforts made by India and China to move past the tensions which rose out after last year's Doklam standoff.
Starting from 1950, India became the first non-socialist bloc country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, as reported in a press release by the Ministry of External Affairs.
In 1993, an Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility was signed between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during the visit of then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao which reflected the growing stability and substance in the bilateral ties.
In April 2005, former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited India. The two sides established Strategic and Cooperative Partnership for Peace and Prosperity and signed an agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited China in January 2008. A joint document titled "A Shared Vision for the 21st Century" was issued during the visit, the statement read.
According to the statement, over 60 per cent of the agreements between the two Asian giants have been signed during the last decade.
In March 2012, then Chinese President Hu Jintao visited India for the BRICS Summit.
In 2014, current Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India. A total of 16 agreements were signed in various sectors including commerce and trade, railways, space - cooperation, pharmaceuticals, audio-visual co-production, culture, establishment of industrial parks, and sister-city arrangements.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two countries to open an additional route for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in India through Nathu La pass in China.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had embarked on his maiden two-day visit to China in 2015.
Mr Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held bi-lateral talks. The two leaders had then welcomed the move to initiate a State/Provincial Leaders' Forum to advance the bilateral relationship between the two nations.
This was part of record 24 bilateral agreements signed between the two neighbouring countries, amounting to USD 10 billion.
The two leaders kick-started this forum by attending its first meeting held in Beijing.
Prime Minister Modi also announced the extension of the e-visa facility to Chinese nationals wishing to travel to India.
In 2016, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee visited China's Guangdong and Beijing to meet the Chinese leaders and attended a round table between Vice Chancellors and Heads of institutions of higher learning of the two countries.
10 MoUs, providing for enhanced faculty and student exchanges, were signed.
The visit was to reciprocate the historic visit of President Xi Jinping to India in September 2014.
He also delivered a key note at China's Peking University.
Among the recent meetings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited China in 2017 to participate in the G20 summit in Hangzhou and September 2017 to participate in the BRICS Summit in Xiamen.
The two leaders also met along the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of States Summit in Tashkent in June 2016 and in Astana in June 2017.
Earlier in 2016, President Xi Jinping visited India to participate in the BRICS summit at Goa.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of the efforts made by India and China to move past the tensions which rose out after last year's Doklam standoff.
Starting from 1950, India became the first non-socialist bloc country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, as reported in a press release by the Ministry of External Affairs.
In 1993, an Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility was signed between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during the visit of then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao which reflected the growing stability and substance in the bilateral ties.
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In April 2005, former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited India. The two sides established Strategic and Cooperative Partnership for Peace and Prosperity and signed an agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles.
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited China in January 2008. A joint document titled "A Shared Vision for the 21st Century" was issued during the visit, the statement read.
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According to the statement, over 60 per cent of the agreements between the two Asian giants have been signed during the last decade.
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In March 2012, then Chinese President Hu Jintao visited India for the BRICS Summit.
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In 2014, current Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India. A total of 16 agreements were signed in various sectors including commerce and trade, railways, space - cooperation, pharmaceuticals, audio-visual co-production, culture, establishment of industrial parks, and sister-city arrangements.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two countries to open an additional route for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in India through Nathu La pass in China.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had embarked on his maiden two-day visit to China in 2015.
Mr Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held bi-lateral talks. The two leaders had then welcomed the move to initiate a State/Provincial Leaders' Forum to advance the bilateral relationship between the two nations.
This was part of record 24 bilateral agreements signed between the two neighbouring countries, amounting to USD 10 billion.
The two leaders kick-started this forum by attending its first meeting held in Beijing.
Prime Minister Modi also announced the extension of the e-visa facility to Chinese nationals wishing to travel to India.
In 2016, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee visited China's Guangdong and Beijing to meet the Chinese leaders and attended a round table between Vice Chancellors and Heads of institutions of higher learning of the two countries.
10 MoUs, providing for enhanced faculty and student exchanges, were signed.
The visit was to reciprocate the historic visit of President Xi Jinping to India in September 2014.
He also delivered a key note at China's Peking University.
Among the recent meetings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited China in 2017 to participate in the G20 summit in Hangzhou and September 2017 to participate in the BRICS Summit in Xiamen.
The two leaders also met along the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of States Summit in Tashkent in June 2016 and in Astana in June 2017.
Earlier in 2016, President Xi Jinping visited India to participate in the BRICS summit at Goa.
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