New Delhi, July 15 -- New DelhiIndia 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" to economic cooperation, 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. "We have made good progress in the past nine months for the normalisation of our bilateral relations. It is a result of the resolution of friction along the border and our ability to maintain peace and tranquillity there," Jaishankar said in televised opening remarks during the meeting with Wang. "This is the fundamental basis for mutual strategic trust and for smooth development of bilateral relations. It is now incumbent on us to address other aspects related to the border, including de-escalation...our bilateral relationship requires that we take a far-seeing approach to our ties," he said. 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 the meeting of the SCO, whose main mandate is fighting terrorism and extremism. Earlier, Jaishankar met Chinese vice president Han Zheng and told him the continued normalisation of bilateral ties can lead to mutually beneficial outcomes. This is Jaishankar's first visit to China since ties were hit by border skirmishes in April-May 2020, though he has met Wang on the margins of multilateral events several times since the two sides reached an understanding on ending a face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) last October. While the two sides withdrew frontline forces from the two remaining "friction points" of Demchok and Depsang along the LAC last year, the process of de-escalation and pulling back troops to peace-time positions is yet to be completed. Jaishankar noted there were various dimensions to relations between major economies such as India and China and said that the normalising of people-to-people exchanges can foster mutually beneficial cooperation. "It is also essential in this context that restrictive trade measures and roadblocks are avoided," he said without giving details. He was apparently referring to China's curbs on exports of rare earth minerals - used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles and in many of which Beijing has a near monopoly - and fertilisers. The restrictions on rare earth exports have been officially raised through diplomatic channels by India, especially in view of the impact on manufacturers of electric vehicles....