External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi held talks on July 4 in Astana amid the dragging border row in eastern Ladakh.
The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
It is understood that the focus of the deliberations was on the border row.
New Delhi has been maintaining that peace and tranquillity in the border areas is a prerequisite for normal ties between the two countries.