Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin.

Xi Jinping stressed that India and China should remain “amicable neighbors and mutually enabling partners,” envisioning what he called a “dance of the dragon and the elephant.” Prime Minister Modi echoed the tone of optimism, remarking that bilateral relations were “returning to a positive trajectory.”