Shimla, Aug. 25 -- China has agreed in principle to the proposal of resuming trade through Shipki-La in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh during the recent visit of its foreign minister Wang Yi to India, a statement by the state government said on Sunday.

"This breakthrough was made possible due to the personal intervention of chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who had written to the Union government, urging revival of the historic Indo-Tibetan trade route," following which the Union government "formally took up the matter with China, leading to a consensus to restart the trade," the statement said. The trade was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The Himachal government's consistent efforts to resume trade with Chi...