India & China to hold maritime talks for the first time: Breaking news

[Lankan Ranger]

India & China to hold maritime talks for the first time: Breaking news

In what is being seen as a confidence building exercise between India and China, the foreign ministers of both countries decided today to launch the first-ever maritime dialogue with each other.

In what is being seen as a confidence building exercise between India and China, the foreign ministers of both countries decided today to launch the first-ever maritime dialogue with each other.

Both countries have been competing naval powers in the region with China looking to expand its presence specifically in the Indian Ocean.

New Delhi, on the other hand, has sought to counter this by strengthening maritime ties and contacts with countries in the South China Sea.

The decision is seen as a major breakthrough in the strained ties, to establish a channel of communication on commercial sea lines etc.

The two foreign ministers have given the go-ahead for the dialogue, the modalities of which will be worked out later.

Indian and Chinese foreign ministers met ahead of a summit of leaders from five emerging economies that are pushing for a bigger voice in global financial affairs.

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are members of the grouping, known as BRICS, set up nearly six years ago. New Delhi will hold the fourth BRICS summit March 28-29, said India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.

"Every possible issue that is raised whenever India-China dialogue takes place were raised and we have understood each other's position and we have understood the perspective and we will continue to exchange these," Krishna told reporters after the meeting.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who arrived last evening, kicked off his official visit with an official dinner by Krishna last night.

The BRICS agenda encompasses issues of global governance and challenges such as climate change, food and energy security, sustainable development, the international financial crises and international terrorism.

''We explained various aspects of preparations for the BRICS summit and the Chinese foreign minister is fully convinced of the preparatory work that has gone on in India,'' S M Krishna told reporters after meeting Yang.

He also said India's relations with China were positive and needed to be strengthened and broadened.


Express Exclusive: India, China to hold first-ever maritime talks - Indian Express

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Indian vice president meets with Visiting Chinese FM

Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in New Delhi.

Hamid Ansari said India-China relations are moving forward on the right track. The Indian side is pleased to see productive results in bilateral cooperation in various fields.

India and China are committed to promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity.The two sides should further expand mutual investment, increase exchanges between business leaders, promote provincial and local-level exchanges and push for further growth of friendly cooperations to the benefit of the two peoples, the vice president said.

India and China have identical positions on such major global issues as climate changes and it will be important for India and China to step up coordination and jointly uphold the common interests of the two countries and the developing countries as a whole, he added.

For his part, Yang said that the relations between China and India had kept a sound momentum of steady growth in recent years. There have been frequent visits and contacts between leaders of the two countries. Political mutual trust has been increasing and economic cooperation and trade are growing rapidly. The two sides are exploring ways to expand practical cooperation and have good coordination with each other on international and regional issues.

Yang said that China and India are important neighbors to each other. They are both major developing countries and emerging economies. Faced with the common task of accelerating economic development, they share extensive common interests.

Under the current international situation, the two countries are blessed with important opportunities to develop their relations. China stands ready to work together with India to uphold good-neighbourly friendship, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, increase people-to-people exchanges and enhance coordination on international and regional issues, thus advancing China-India relations to new heights, he added.

The foreign minister emphasized that the Chinese side is ready to fully cooperate with the Indian side to make the BRICS Summit to be held in New Delhi at the end of March a success.

Yang arrived here on Wednesday evening for an official visit to India.

India vice president meets with Visiting Chinese FM - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

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Indian vice president meets with Visiting Chinese FM

Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in New Delhi.

Hamid Ansari said India-China relations are moving forward on the right track. The Indian side is pleased to see productive results in bilateral cooperation in various fields.

India and China are committed to promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity.The two sides should further expand mutual investment, increase exchanges between business leaders, promote provincial and local-level exchanges and push for further growth of friendly cooperations to the benefit of the two peoples, the vice president said.

India and China have identical positions on such major global issues as climate changes and it will be important for India and China to step up coordination and jointly uphold the common interests of the two countries and the developing countries as a whole, he added.

For his part, Yang said that the relations between China and India had kept a sound momentum of steady growth in recent years. There have been frequent visits and contacts between leaders of the two countries. Political mutual trust has been increasing and economic cooperation and trade are growing rapidly. The two sides are exploring ways to expand practical cooperation and have good coordination with each other on international and regional issues.

Yang said that China and India are important neighbors to each other. They are both major developing countries and emerging economies. Faced with the common task of accelerating economic development, they share extensive common interests.

Under the current international situation, the two countries are blessed with important opportunities to develop their relations. China stands ready to work together with India to uphold good-neighbourly friendship, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, increase people-to-people exchanges and enhance coordination on international and regional issues, thus advancing China-India relations to new heights, he added.

The foreign minister emphasized that the Chinese side is ready to fully cooperate with the Indian side to make the BRICS Summit to be held in New Delhi at the end of March a success.

Yang arrived here on Wednesday evening for an official visit to India.

India vice president meets with Visiting Chinese FM - Xinhua | English.news.cn

I thought Chinese FM is meeting Indian VP .... Bad English

 

[Lankan Ranger]

 

[nalandapride]

It is always good to improve relations.

 

[Lankan Ranger]

I thought Chinese FM is meeting Indian VP .... Bad English

 

[pmukherjee]

I thought Chinese FM is meeting Indian VP .... Bad English

A small matter of protocol buddy. I am sure that the Chinese FM knows that but of course journalists being journalists, are clueless.