China-India relations have improved, must be maintained, foreign minister says

China and India must maintain the correct strategic perception, uphold good-neighborliness and friendship, and focus on development to make BRICS cooperation more substantial and bring new hope to the Global South, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.

Wang made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing.

China-India relations had a fresh start at the Kazan meeting and was further improved at the meeting in Tianjin, he said.

Mutual trust and cooperation is beneficial to the development of China and India, while division and confrontation is detrimental to the rejuvenation of Asia, Wang said.