India urges China to prioritize peace on border for improved relations.

India's defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has told his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, that improved relations between the two countries depend on "peace and tranquillity" returning to their frontier disturbed by military tensions. The situation has largely calmed after military and diplomatic talks but the faceoff continues in pockets along the 3,800-km (2,360-mile) frontier. The two ministers met ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) defence ministers' gathering in New Delhi.