G20 summit: China for constructive talks with India
Says Beijing ready to work hard with New Delhi
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BEIJING:
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday that the two countries should respect each other's concerns and constructively handle their differences.
The two nuclear-armed neighbours have been moving to gradually ease long-existing tensions between them. Leaders of Asia's two giants pledged last year to cool a festering border dispute, which dates back to a brief border war in 1962, though the disagreement remains unresolved.
Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, Xi said relations had maintained a steady, healthy momentum, and should continue to increase mutual understanding and trust.
"We ought to respect and give consideration to each other's concerns, and use constructive methods to appropriately handle questions on which there are disputes," Xi said, in comments carried by China's Foreign Ministry.
"China is willing to work hard with India and maintain the hard-won good position of Sino-India relations," Xi added. China's Defence Ministry said last month that it hoped India could put more efforts into regional peace and stability rather than the opposite.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2016.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday that the two countries should respect each other's concerns and constructively handle their differences.
The two nuclear-armed neighbours have been moving to gradually ease long-existing tensions between them. Leaders of Asia's two giants pledged last year to cool a festering border dispute, which dates back to a brief border war in 1962, though the disagreement remains unresolved.
Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, Xi said relations had maintained a steady, healthy momentum, and should continue to increase mutual understanding and trust.
"We ought to respect and give consideration to each other's concerns, and use constructive methods to appropriately handle questions on which there are disputes," Xi said, in comments carried by China's Foreign Ministry.
"China is willing to work hard with India and maintain the hard-won good position of Sino-India relations," Xi added. China's Defence Ministry said last month that it hoped India could put more efforts into regional peace and stability rather than the opposite.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2016.