Former Minister Wang Yi has concluded talks with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for the 24th round of border talks and is due to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, days before Modi travels to China for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

"There has been an upward trend. Borders have been quiet. There has been peace and tranquility," Doval told Wang as he opened the talks. "Our bilateral engagements have been more substantial."

"The new environment that has been created has helped us in moving ahead in the various areas that we are working on," he said.

Wang, meanwhile, told Doval that "the stable and healthy development of China-India relations is in the fundamental interests of the two countries' people," according to a readout of the meeting released by the Foreign Ministry.

The two sides "should enhance mutual trust through dialogues and expand cooperation," Wang said, and should aim for consensus in areas such as border control and demarcation negotiations. (Reuters)