Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top aide and China’s chief diplomat hailed their nations’ warming ties, in another signal both sides are recalibrating their foreign policy amid mounting tariff pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.

“I am very happy that in the last nine months, there has been an upward trend” in bilateral ties, India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said Tuesday ahead of a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi. “Borders have been quiet, and there has been peace and tranquility.”

On his first visit to New Delhi in three years, Wang trumpeted improving ties between the Asian neighbors as an opportunity for “growth.” “The setbacks we experienced in the past few years were not in the interest of the people of our two countries,” he added.

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