Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held candid and indepth talks to ease tensions along their disputed frontier . Relations between the worlds two most populous countries have been in deep freeze since a deadly Himalayan border clash that killed Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops in .
China also claims all of Indias northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh considering it part of Tibet and the Asian giants fought a fullscale border war there in . Both countries have regularly accused each other of trying to seize territory along their unofficial divide known as the Line of Actual Control .
The clash in along the border dividing Tibet from Indias state of Ladakh led to a sharp deterioration in relations . Nineteen rounds of military talks between Beijing and New Delhi including the latest earlier this month have failed to make headway on the border disputes .
Modi underlined that observing and respecting the LAC are essential for normalising IndiaChina relationship, Vinay Kwatra told reporters on Thursday . The Indian government has pumped billions of dollars into connectivity projects on its side of the border to boost civilian presence and establish new paramilitary battalions and established new paramilitary brigades .
It is also seeking to develop closer ties with Western countries including fellow Quad members the U.S. Japan and Australia which are themselves wooing it as an alternative to China which are wooing them as an Alternative to China. It has invested billions of euros in the region .
The Chinese government is also trying to attract the United States . The U.N. has invested . to boost its own regional councils. It is investing billions of funds into the region of the region. The Chinese Government has invested in its own internal security forces to establish new brigades.
