Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping held their first formal meeting in five years after a violent border confrontation between the two countries threw bilateral relations into a tailspin.

On October 21st Indian authorities said they had reached an agreement with China on patrolling rights that resolved the border standoff. The next day, China’s foreign ministry confirmed that a deal had been reached.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first bilateral meeting in five years.