CHINA-INDIA: PM MODI'S VISIT TO CHINA IN MAY

 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying, at the regular weekly Press Conference on May 6, 2015, made the following comments on Indian Prime Minister Modi's upcoming visit to China.


Q: Can you tell us more about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China? What is China's comment on the current state of relations with India? What is China's expectation for the visit?

A: Yesterday we announced that Indian Prime Minister Modi will pay an official visit to China from May 14 to 16. This visit will be Prime Minister Modi's first visit to China since taking office and another important high-level interaction between China and India following President Xi Jinping's visit to India last September. President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman Zhang Dejiang and other Chinese leaders will meet and hold talks with Prime Minister Modi for in-depth discussion on bilateral relations and issues of common interest. Apart from Beijing, Prime Minister Modi will also visit Xi'an and Shanghai.

China and India are the two largest developing countries and major emerging economies. The bilateral relationship boasts strategic significance and global influence. Over the past years, China and India have kept their relationship developing in a sound and steady manner and figured out a way to get along with each other that focuses on mutual benefit and cooperative development, accommodates each other's concerns and properly handles differences. President Xi Jinping paid a successful state visit to India last September when he mapped out the development of China-India strategic cooperative partnership for the next five to ten years together with Indian leaders. Leaders of the two countries agreed to deepen all-round cooperation and jointly build a closer partnership of development. We will work hand in hand with the Indian side to boost strategic mutual trust, enhance pragmatic cooperation as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges and increase communication and coordination on major international and regional issues through the visit, so as to advance China-India strategic cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity and realize common development and prosperity.

Q: Can you give us more details about Prime Minister Modi's itinerary in Xi'an? What will be covered in the talks between the two sides? What progress has been made in China-India cooperation after President Xi Jinping's visit to India last year?

A: President Xi Jinping paid a successful state visit to India last September. He was warmly received by the Indian side, especially by Prime Minister Modi. The Chinese side highly appreciates that. The Chinese and Indian sides are in close communication to speed up preparations for the reception of Prime Minister Modi in China. It is believed that efforts by the two sides will ensure the success of Prime Minister Modi's visit and showcase the importance attached by the Chinese side to China-India relations and to the visit.

China-India relations have made progress in various fields since the state visit paid by President Xi Jinping to India last September. I have noted that recently there have been quite a few positive commentary and reports by the Indian media on that. For example, the two sides have been working in concert to maintain peace and stability of the border areas, step up economic cooperation and trade and carry forward sound communication and cooperation on international and regional issues, such as BRICS cooperation. During the visit, leaders of the two sides will exchange views on bilateral relations and major issues of common interest. We expect and believe that the visit will help enhance mutual understanding and mutual trust between the two countries, step up bilateral cooperation across the board and enable the bilateral relations to make bigger strides at a faster pace and in a more stable manner
 






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