India, April 9 -- Relations between India and China are moving in a "positive direction" after the more than four-year military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), though "there is work to be done" to normalise ties, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

After the two sides reached an understanding last October to end the face-off at the two remaining friction points of Demchok and Depsang, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping met in Russia and agreed to revive several mechanisms to address the border dispute and normalise relations.

Jaishankar, who has met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi since the understanding last October, told a media conclave that India and China are now focusing on is...