An agreement reached at the December 2024 meeting of border representatives of China and India to resume an annual pilgrimage from the two nations to Southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet), is scheduled to go into effect soon, officials reported. “Once it is official, pilgrims will be allowed to travel to Mount Kangrinboqe and the Lake Mansarovar in Xizang region for the first time since 2020,” according to a report by The Print news agency in India.
Global Times reported yesterday: “China and India’s special representatives on the boundary question held the 23rd meeting in Beijing on December 18, 2024, reaching a six-point consensus. It was the first meeting of its kind in five years, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
