India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first bilateral meeting in five years

A meeting between the two leaders would come just two days after they settled a tense border dispute in the Himalayas.

By Krishn Kaushik, Ethan Wang NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday that their two countries should enhance communication and cooperation and effectively manage differences,

India and China have reached an agreement on military disengagement along their disputed border, New Delhi said, a step toward reducing frictions between the nuclear-armed neighbors that comes ahead of an expected meeting between the countries’ leaders on the sidelines of a summit in Russia.

India and China have reached an agreement on patrolling their shared Himalayan border, according to the two governments, potentially easing the icy hostility between the Asian giants after a deadly skirmish between their troops four years ago.

China signaled it reached a deal with India on easing border tensions, potentially ending a four-year border stalemate that has frayed relations between the Asian giants.