India, March 1 -- While leadership level meetings offer hopes of progress and new beginnings, the relationship remains mired with its own set of challenges.

On 21 February External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Johannesburg. The meeting was in line with a series of high-level exchanges taking place between the two sides since the announcement of the border accord in October last year.

JAISHANKAR-WANG YI MEETING External Affairs Minister Jaishankar's meeting with Wang Yi took place almost a month after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited Beijing to meet Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (26-27 January). Misri's visit fo...