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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s secret letter to President Droupadi Murmu in March marked the start of a quiet reset in India-China ties, a report has claimed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President, Xi Jinping (File/PTI)
An olive branch extended by Chinese President Xi Jinping to President Droupadi Murmu in March this year was the beginning of a reset to the India-China ties, a report with Bloomberg has claimed.
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While US President Donald Trump was ratcheting up his trade war with China, a quiet and steady outreach by Beijing, in the form of a secret letter, was received by President Murmu.
The Bloomberg report quoted an Indian official familiar with the matter and claimed that the letter expressed concern about any US deals that would harm China’s interests.
It also allegedly named a provincial official who would steer Beijing’s efforts.
China’s message to President Droupadi Murmu was later sent across to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to the report, shortly after Xi’s letter to President Murmu, Beijing published a statement from the Chinese leader celebrating the relationship, describing it as a “dragon-elephant tango.”
Soon, his top officials, including Vice President Han Zheng, were using the same phrase to describe warmer ties between the countries, it stated.
It wasn’t until June that the Central government in India began making a serious effort to improve relations with China, the report claimed.
However, by August, the rapprochement between India and China appeared to be accelerating.
Soon after Trump announced tariffs on both nations, India and China took a major step last week to move beyond the 2020 Galwan border clash, and agreed to redouble efforts to settle their border disputes.
In the latest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit China on August 31, his first trip to the nation in seven years.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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