ഇന്ത്യ-ചൈന വിദേശകാര്യമന്ത്രിമാര്
കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച നടത്തി
The entire gamut of
bilateral ties including the contentious boundary issue was discussed during a
"cordial and substantive" engagement between the foreign ministers of India and China here
who met within two weeks of installation of the Narendra government. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met
for three hours today to talk about "perennial" bilateral issues
which were not specified by an Indian Spokesperson but are believed to have
included the boundary dispute, incursions, issuance of stapled visas by China
to certain category of Indians, construction of dams on Brahmaputra river and
increased Chinese investments. Dispatched here by Chinese President Xi Jinping as his Special Envoy to meet with India new leadership, Wang was effusive in his praise for the new government saying it had injected new vitality into an ancient civilization. "The international community is closely following developments in India and the Chinese and Indian dreams have a lot of commonalities," the Chinese leader was quoted as speaking by the Spokesperson. The talks were described as "cordial, useful, productive and substantive" by the MEA Spokesperson, who said, "Even while there was a determination to add new content and substance to the relationship, there was an understanding that respect for the sensitivities and aspirations of each other was an essential for expansion of bilateral relations."
However, the Spokesperson did not specify the issues, saying, "The perennials of India-China engagement are well known to you so I will not list them in a detailed manner but would like to say that all issues of significance were raised and discussed in a frank manner." Wang, who arrived in the wee hours today, will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. The Spokesperson said the Chinese leader stated that his country welcomes and supports development of India and also that China was ready to engage with the new Government as the two leaders felt that there was untapped potential for growth of economic ties. The two leaders discussed ways to increase Chinese investments in India through setting up of industrial parks, various infrastructure projects among others. There was also a discussion on how to address India's concern of huge trade deficit of nearly USD 40 billion, the officials said. China is India's biggest trading partner with two-way trade standing close to USD 65 billion. Swaraj and Wang were assisted by their delegations comprising senior officials from the foreign ministry during the meeting which included a working lunch. The MEA Spokesperson said there was a discussion on the possible opportunities for engagement during the course of the year at high levels - both in terms of bilateral visits and meetings on the margins of various multilateral meets in which leaders from both the countries are likely to participate. Noting that potential exists for intensive engagement of leaderships of India and China, he said, "By our count if we take the possible engagements likely between our senior leader ship and that of China I could easily say that there are likely to be at least half a dozen such meetings."
വിദേശകാര്യമന്ത്രാലയത്തിലെ ഉന്നത ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരും കൂടിക്കാഴ്ചയില് പങ്കെടുത്തു.
രണ്ട് ദിവസത്തെ സന്ദര്ശനത്തിനിടെ രാഷ്ട്രപതി പ്രണബ് മുഖര്ജി, പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി
നരേന്ദ്ര മോദി എന്നിവരുമായി വാങ് യീ നാളെ ചര്ച്ചകള് നടത്തും. ഈ വര്ഷം അവസാനത്തോടെ ചൈനീസ് പ്രസിഡന്റിന്റെ ഇന്ത്യ സന്ദര്ശനവും
തീയതിയും കൂടിക്കാഴ്ചയോടെ നിശ്ചയിക്കുമെന്നാണ് സൂചന.
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