India, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the importance of maintaining peace and tranquillity on the border at a meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Tuesday, and reiterated India's commitment to a "fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable" resolution of the boundary issue.

India-China ties have made steady progress since last year due to respect for each other's interests and sensitivities, and stable and constructive bilateral relations will contribute to regional and global peace, Modi said, ahead of his first visit to China after the end of the four-year military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Modi met Wang, the first Chinese minister to visit India since the disengagement of forces on the...