On March 26, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with outgoing Indian Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat in Beijing.

Wang Yi spoke highly of the efforts and contributions made by Pradeep Kumar Rawat to the development of China-India relations. Wang Yi said that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, China-India relations have embarked on the right track of improvement and development. As two major neighboring countries and two major emerging economies, China and India share far more common interests than differences. Without modernization of China and India, there will be no global modernization. In the face of a changing and turbulent international landscape, China stands ready to work with India to implement the important common understandings reached by the two leaders, and stay committed to seeing each other as development opportunities rather than threats, and regarding each other as cooperative partners rather than competitors. The two sides need to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, uphold the common interests of the Global South, strengthen multilateral coordination within mechanisms such as BRICS, and consolidate the hard-won positive momentum in China-India relations.

Pradeep Kumar Rawat thanked China for its strong support during his tenure. He said that as ancient civilizations and major important countries, India and China both benefit from the sound and steady development of bilateral relations, which is also of global significance. Facing the turbulent international landscape, India stands ready to step up coordination and collaboration with China, enhance high-level exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, advance multilateral coordination, and jointly uphold world peace, stability and development.