Top diplomats from China and India will meet next week in Beijing as the nuclear-armed neighbors try to repair ties marred by a border dispute nearly five years ago.

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan. 26-27 for talks to discuss the next steps in ties with China, which were frozen following a military clash on their border in 2020, the Indian foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The Indian senior diplomat will be in China to take part in the China-India vice-foreign minister/foreign secretary level dialogue, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a daily news conference in Beijing.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on January 26 for a meeting of the 'Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister' mechanism between India and China, a step indicating the two neighbours are trying to revive their relationship after a four-year break following a military stand-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on January 26 and 27 for a meeting of the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism between India and China.Ministry of External Affairs said in a release that the resumption of this bilateral mechanism flows from the agreement at the leadership level to discuss the next steps for India-China relations,