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Hopes of
fresh impetus to ties as PM, Wen begin talks
Thursday December 16, 2010 03:02:57 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
India and China Thursday began crucial delegation level talks here
with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Thursday hoping for "strategic
consensus" and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stating that a strong
partnership would contribute to long term peace and security in
Asia.
Wen, who arrived here Wednesday for a three-day visit, pitched for
taking friendship between India and China to a higher level.
"With our joint efforts, we will be able to take our friendship
and cooperation to a higher level in the 21st century," the
Chinese premier told reporters here at Rashtrapati Bhavan where he
was accorded a ceremonial reception. He was warmly received by
President Pratibha Patil and Manmohan Singh.
"In our talks, we will be able to reach strategic consensus," Wen
said amid India's concerns over a host of issues, including
stapled visas given to residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
"The visit will yield important outcomes," he said with Manmohan
Singh standing next to him. He expressed confidence that his visit
would expand ties between the two countries.
A little later, the prime minister said before beginning talks
with the visiting leader at the Hyderabad House here that rapid
economic growth had opened up new opportunities for cooperation.
He said a "strong partnership between India and China will
contribute to long term peace and security in Asia".
The prime minister also underlined that he had met Chinese
leaders, including Wen and President Hu Jintao, 20 times in the
last five years. This, he said, showed the "intensity of contacts"
between the two countries.
Welcoming Wen and the high-level Chinese team, he added that the
ongoing visit would give "new impetus" to the relations between
the two countries and provide "new opportunities for progress and
stability".
The two leaders shook hands warmly before going in for the
delegation level talks, aimed at building trust and addressing
India's concerns on a host of issues, including stapled visas for
people from Jammu and Kashmir.
The two sides are expected to sign a clutch of agreements in areas
ranging from media and cultural exchanges to sharing of
hydrological data. They are also expected to announce the decision
to activate a hotline between the leaders of the two countries,
officials indicated.
Wen, who is on his second visit to India in the last five years,
is accompanied by 400 business-persons.
On Wednesday evening, the prime minister hosted hosted a private
dinner for the Chinese leader and aired concerns over the issue of
China's stapled visas. The two leaders agreed that the two
countries were partners and not rivals in a changing world order,
informed sources said.
Taking up the issue of stapled visas, Manmohan Singh reminded the
Chinese premier of the compelling need for both sides to be
sensitive to each other's core concerns. He let it be known that
Kashmir was a core concern for India just as Taiwan and Tibet were
for Beijing.
Manmohan Singh is also understood to have sought China's support
for India's candidature in an expanded UN Security Council.
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