India, July 15 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping during his first visit to China since ties between India and China soured in 2020.

Sharing a picture from the meeting, Jaishankar wrote on X that he spoke to Jinping about the development of India-China bilateral ties and also conveyed greetings of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to him.

"Apprised President Xi of the recent development of our bilateral ties. Value the guidance of our leaders in that regard," a part of Jaishankar's tweet read.

The external affairs minister was accompanied by his counterparts from the SCO member nations when he met Jinping.

S Jaishankar is currently visiting China, his first to ...