Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised the importance of maintaining peace and tranquillity on the IndiaChina border, and reiterated India’s commitment to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable resolution of the boundary question.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who called on PM Modi in New Delhi on August 19, handed over message and invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Prime Minister for the SCO Summit being held in Tianjin.
PM Modi welcomed the steady and positive progress in bilateral ties since his meeting with President Xi in Kazan last year, guided by mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity, including the resumption of the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra. He thanked President Xi for the invitation to the SCO Summit and conveyed his acceptance. PM Modi underlined that stable, predictable, and constructive ties between India and China will contribute significantly to regional and global peace and prosperity.
Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong said that both the countries have agreed to maintain the momentum of bilateral relations. He shared this information on the social media platform ‘X’. Earlier Wang met Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.
PM Modi emphasises maintaining peace, tranquility on China border
Wang Yi said that both sides should adopt correct strategic perceptions and view each other as partners and opportunities rather than as rivals or threats. He also stressed that China adheres to the principles of “friendship, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness” and is willing to work with its neighbouring countries, including India, to build a peaceful, safe, prosperous, beautiful and friendly home. Wang Yi said China and India should move in the same direction with confidence, overcome obstacles and expand cooperation.
China has reportedly agreed to address India’s concerns over its export curbs on fertilisers, rare earth magnets/ minerals, and tunnel boring machines, according to Business Standard.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval also met Wang Yi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi and held the 24th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on India-China border issues. The two leaders had decided at their meeting to revive several mechanisms, including talks between the Special Representatives, to normalise bilateral ties and to address the border dispute, reported Hindustan Times.
Wang, the first Chinese minister to travel to India since the end of the faceoff on the LAC, said the setbacks experienced by India and China in the past few years were not in the interests of the people of the two countries.