New Delhi/Hong Kong — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their first talks since defusing a border stand-off, with Xi calling for stable ties between the two Asian giants. A healthy, stable relationship is in the fundamental interest of both nations, Xi said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday after the conclusion of a summit of Brics nations — Brazil, Russua, India, China and SA — in China’s Xiamen. He called for pushing ties forward on the "right track". Modi and Xi had a "constructive" meeting in which they discussed how to improve ties and avoid letting differences turn into disputes, India’s foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said in a briefing after the talks. "Where there is an area of difference, it should be handled with mutual respect and efforts should be made to find common ground," Jaishankar said. "Peace and tranquility in the border areas was a prerequisite for the further development of our relationsh...
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