India and China have reached a border agreement four years after one of the deadliest border clashes in recent memory, both governments have confirmed. The announcement comes ahead of the BRICS summit where Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in attendance.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced the agreement, noting it could ease tensions between India and China. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hailed it as a "major diplomatic success," attributing it to patient negotiations that began after his Moscow meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in 2020.

India and China have reached a deal on patrolling their disputed Himalayan frontier to resolve a four-year military stand-off, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday, paving the way to normalise political and business ties.