China and India will reopen an historic trading route through Tibet this week.

The Nathu La border pass, 4,545 metres above sea level, was closed in 1962 when the two countries fought a brief border war in the Himalayan region.

With relations improving the two countries decided that it is time to reopen the pass, which sits between the Indian state of Sikkim and Tibet.

Nathu La was a major trading point between the two countries before the 1962 war and its reopening is aimed at restoring the region's former trading glory.