
China is discussing withIndiaavisitbyChineseborderforcesto build trust on their disputed frontier, China's defence ministry said on Thursday, as the neighbours seek to resettiesfollowing a summit between their leaders.
ChinesePresident Xi Jinping andIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in April to open a new chapter inties, just months after a dispute over a stretch of their high-altitude Himalayan borderrekindled fears of war.
China wants to develop militarytieswithIndiato boost mutual trust and manage differences,Chinesedefence ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang tolda monthly news briefing.
The two countries were in talks for avisittoIndiaby a delegation ofChineseborderforces, he added, without giving details.
Such exchanges can help "strengthenbordermanagement and control and further mutual trust between front-lineforces", Ren said.
Hundreds of troops from both sides were deployed in 2017 on the Doklam plateau, near the borders ofIndia, its ally Bhutan, and China afterIndiaobjected toChineseconstruction of a road in the Himalayan area in their most serious standoff in years.
There is still deep mistrust between the neighbours over their festeringborderdispute, which triggered a brief war in 1962.