Overview
- Senior foreign ministry officials Sujit Ghosh and Liu Jinsong held consultations in Beijing on December 11–12, reviewing recent moves to stabilise ties.
- Both sides cited positive momentum since the Modi–Xi Tianjin meeting and pledged to implement their leaders’ understandings.
- New Delhi pressed for the early resolution of outstanding export-control issues, with reports indicating concern over curbs on rare earth minerals.
- The delegations took stock of 2026 exchanges with an emphasis on people-centric engagement and signalled a restart of institutional dialogue.
- Ghosh met Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong and China’s Ministry of Commerce officials to discuss trade and commercial matters, as Chinese representatives called the talks timely and productive.