Han said China and India should “steadily advance practical cooperation, respect each other’s concerns and promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of [bilateral] relations”, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Jaishankar, meanwhile, expressed confidence that the discussions during his visit would “maintain that positive trajectory”, a readout from his ministry said.

“The resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is also widely appreciated in India. Continued normalisation of our ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes,” the top Indian diplomat was quoted as saying.

He was referring to the Indian pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in Tibet that has recently resumed after being suspended for five years over border tensions and the pandemic.