Peace pre-requisite in border to take forward India-China ties: Foreign Secy

Xiamen, Sep 5: India today said that peace and tranquility in the border area were pre-requisite for further development of relationship between two countries. The Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar told media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting for about an hour, both sides agreed to take forward the talks. He said common ground should be found to deal with the differences between India and China and that both the leaders also spoke abut building mutual trust. "There was very strong affirmation at the leadership level," Mr Jaishankar said. UNI