PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 9, 2018 held talks on the sidelines of the SCO summit and covered key aspects of the bilateral engagement, reflecting the resolve by the two countries to reset relations and bring back trust in their ties, hit by the Dokalm stand off and other issues.
India and China agreed on measures to build on the consensus achieved by their leaders during recent talks in Wuhan, including the next informal summit to be held in India in 2019 and steps to maintain peace along the disputed border. President Xi Jinping accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Invitation to visit india for the next informal summit. They also agreed as decided during their first informal summit at Wuhan in April - to maintain strategic communications through various channels, including telephone calls and frequent meetings on the sidelines of multilateal events.
Following the meeting between Modi and Xi, the two sides signed agreements on China providing hydrological information for the Brahmaputra river and on exporing rice from India.
India-China Bilateral Agreements signed in Qingdao
- MoU between Ministry of water Resources, The people's Republic of China and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Republic of India upon provision of hydrological information of the Brahmaputra river in flood season by China to India.
- The Protocol between General Administratiion of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Famers Welfare of the Republic of India on Phytosanitary requirements for Exporting rice from India to China.
The leaders agreeed on the importance of maintaining peace and tranquitlity along the border and continuing strategic communication on the issue. The two militaries will continue to talk to each other to maintain peace. They also discussed China importing "High quality pharmaceutical products" from India. Xi said China will encourage indian companies to register in China for exports.
Taking forward a decision made at Wuhan to work jointly on a developmental project in war-torn Afgthanistan, the two leaders agreed to identify a "capacity building" Project.
