India, July 14 -- India and China must build on "good progress" in normalising their relations by addressing issues related to the border, including de-escalation, and avoid "restrictive trade measures and roadblocks", external affairs minister S Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday.

Jaishankar, who met Wang in Beijing after arriving in China to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), reiterated that stable bilateral ties can be built only on the basis of mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity.

In an apparent reference to Pakistan's support for cross-border terrorism, Jaishankar told Wang that India hopes "zero tolerance for terrorism" will be upheld at t...