India and China Discuss Resumption of Direct Flights, River Data Sharing

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) interacts with India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (center L) during the 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. The two leaders met again on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 18.Sai Aung MAIN/AFP via Getty Images

NEW DELHI—Indian Foreign Minister, S. Jaishankar, met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 18. The two discussed the resumption of direct flights which were suspended during the pandemic and weren’t restarted despite COVID-19 regulations being lifted.

“Among the steps discussed were the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage, data sharing on trans-border rivers, direct flights between India and China and media exchanges,” the Indian External Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.