India, Aug. 31 -- The disengagement of Indian and Chinese forces on the border last year has created an atmosphere of peace and stability, and both countries are committed to taking forward their ties on the basis of mutual trust, mutual respect, and mutual sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Xi Jinping on Sunday.

Modi, who is on his first visit to China in seven years to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, met Xi for the second time since the two sides reached an understanding last October to end a military face-off on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that began in April-May 2020. The standoff had taken bilateral ties to their lowest point since the 1962 border war.

"Last year, we had very me...