China and India have backed down from a simmering dispute over their border in the Himalayan mountains, Chinese and Indian officials said Monday.
The détente comes as Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi and Chinese premier Xi Jinping prepare to meet in China at a conference of the BRICS bloc of developing countries, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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