India, Jan. 27 -- India and China decided on Monday to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and agreed in principle to resume direct flights as foreign secretary Vikram Misri met Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong in Beijing to discuss the next steps in normalising bilateral ties after a border standoff of more than four years.

The meeting between Misri and Sun marked the revival of the foreign secretary-vice foreign minister mechanism, the latest in a series of engagements since the two sides reached an understanding last October aimed at reducing tensions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Misri and Sun reviewed bilateral relations and "agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilise and rebuild ties", the external af...