Sir — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s telephonic conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping is a step forward in bilateral engagement between India and China. Relations between the two countries were somehow subdued and fragile in the wake of Doklam face-off. Now, putting the past behind, India and China should look forward to nurture and develop partnership that can lead to deeper and stronger bilateral ties and fruitful economic links. At present, both countries can leave aside irritants in the bilateral relations such as the border dispute and the issue of South China Sea and focus on the positives instead