The annual India-China military exercise will resume, Army Chief Gen BipinRawat said on Tuesday, noting that the relationship between the twocountries which had turned “sour” after the Doklam stand-off was nowimproving.

He said the military diplomacy with China worked and the border personnelmeetings that had stopped post Doklam stand-off have begun again.

The “bonhomie” between the two forces was back, Rawat said.

“The hand-in-hand exercise with China happens every year. Only in the lastyear, this exercise was shelved (due to simmering tensions over Doklam),but this exercise is back on the cards,” he said in response to a question.

The border personnel of India and China were locked in a 73-day stand-offlast year in Doklam.

The disengagement of forces took place in August last year, after hecticparleys between the two countries.

“So the military diplomacy with China has worked and is moving forward andensuring that there is a thaw in the relations…the relationship hadturned sour but I think it is all getting over now,” he added.