Ministry of Foreign Affairs
People’s Republic of China
China and India Hold a New Round of Vice Foreign Minister-Foreign Secretary Dialogue
Updated: June 13, 2025 17:47

On June 12, 2025, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong held a new round of China-India Vice Foreign Minister-Foreign Secretary Dialogue with Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in New Delhi, and met with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Sun Weidong stated that, with the concerted efforts of both sides, China-India relations maintain a hard-won momentum of improvement and development. Both sides should follow the important common understandings reached by the two leaders during the meeting in Kazan, view and handle the bilateral relations from a strategic height and long-term perspective, continuously increase political mutual trust, advance exchanges and cooperation in various areas together, properly handle disagreements and differences, push the bilateral relations forward on the track of sound and steady development, and jointly play a constructive role in maintaining international and regional peace, stability, development and prosperity.

Sun Weidong and Vikram Misri held a candid and in-depth exchange of views on bilateral exchanges and cooperation as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest. The Indian side reaffirmed its support for China's Shanghai Cooperation Organization presidency. The two sides agreed to jointly make preparations for the 24th Special Representatives' Meeting on China-India Boundary Question, which will be held at an appropriate time. The two sides will continue to hold commemorative activities for the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, push for the resumption of direct flights and exchange of resident journalists at an early date, facilitate people-to-people exchanges, resume bilateral dialogue mechanisms steadily, and ensure Indian pilgrims' smooth visit to Mount Gang Rinpoche and Lake Mapam Yun Tso in the Xizang Autonomous Region of China.

Sun Weidong expressed sympathy and condolences to the Indian side over the air crash accident in Gujarat, India on June 12, 2025.