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Eight months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali in their first face-to-face meeting in public since the standoff began along the Line of Actual Control. in May 2020, the government, for the first time, said on Thursday that the two leaders had talked about "the need to stabilize bilateral relations".

In November last year, although there was no substantial replay of their conversation - captured on camera at the summit dinner - Indian officials said that "Prime Minister and President Xi Jinping, both attended the G20 dinner hosted by the President of Indonesia, having a friendly exchange at the end of the dinner.

But this week, after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in South Africa on the sidelines of the NSA BRICS meeting, China's Foreign Ministry mentioned "an important consensus". " between Xi and Modi at the Bali summit.