India Defense Minister Heads to China Summit

File image of Indian Defense Minister Rajanth Singh. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to China this week for talks with his regional counterparts, New Delhi said Tuesday.

Ties between the world’s two most populous nations have improved in recent months, after hitting a low in 2020 over a deadly clash between their troops on the Himalayan border.

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