Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a candid and in-depth exchange of views, reaching important consensus that China and India should be partners.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi over the weekend.
Xi said China had always viewed and developed its relations with India from a strategic height and with a long-term perspective.
Xi noted that he had met Modi twice over the past two years, guiding bilateral relations from a new start to a further improvement.
Institutional exchanges between the two countries had gradually resumed, the list of areas of cooperation had continued to grow and bilateral trade has reached a new record high, Xi added.
Drawing on each other’s strengths
Xi said such hard-won progress should be cherished. Noting that China and India had different national conditions, Xi said they could draw on each other’s strengths, support one another, help each other succeed and pursue common development.
Amid a turbulent international landscape, China and India, as the world’s two most populous countries and important members of the Global South, shouldered important responsibilities, Xi said.
Xi called on the two sides to keep in mind the future of humanity and the well-being of peoples, work together to promote high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation and contribute more positive energy to world peace, stability, development and prosperity.
Underscoring objective and rational strategic perception in calibrating China-India relations, Xi said China and India were partners for cooperation, not rivals. The two countries provided development opportunities for each other rather than posed a threat to each other.
That was a strategic judgment based on the development stages of the two countries and the international environment and served the common interests of both countries and their peoples, Xi said.
Win-win cooperation
Xi called on both sides to help each other succeed through win-win cooperation.
The two sides, Xi said, should focus on development as their greatest common denominator, while strengthening friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation.
He called on the two sides to expand cooperation in people-to-people exchanges, direct flights and other areas to effectively strengthen the public support for bilateral relations.
The two sides should also balance and address each other’s economic and trade concerns and promote a sound and stable development of bilateral economic and trade ties, Xi added.
Xi called on China and India to draw on political wisdom of mutual respect and understanding to overcome disruptions, urging both sides to pursue parallel progress in bilateral ties and border issues with the two tracks reinforcing each other, so as to maintain peace and tranquility in border areas.
He also urged China and India to promote multilateral cooperation with openness and inclusiveness to benefit the world.
Xi said the two countries should support each other as rotating chair of the BRICS, strengthen coordination within such multilateral frameworks as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Group of 20, stand together in addressing global challenges and unequivocally uphold international fairness and justice.
Modi said he had held several productive meetings with Xi, guiding India-China relations toward a positive direction, which served the common interests of the more than 2.8 billion people of both countries.
Exchange of knowledge
The two major civilisations of India and China have, over thousands of years, learnt from each other through exchanges and moved forward hand in hand, he said.
India always viewed India-China relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective and was willing to be a partner rather than a rival to China and to regard each other’s development as an opportunity rather than a challenge.
India adhered to an independent foreign policy. The development of its relations with China was not subject to the influence of a third party, he said.
India’s policy and position on the issues related to Taiwan and Xizang remained unchanged and it did not allow any force to engage in anti-China activities in India, he said.
India was ready to maintain high-level exchanges with China on the basis of mutual respect and mutual trust, strengthen strategic communication, promote mutually beneficial cooperation and enhance people-to-people exchanges to advance bilateral relations to greater heights, Modi said.
The two sides should work together to safeguard peace and tranquillity in the border areas, he added.
India thanked China for its support for India’s hosting of the BRICS summit and would fully support China in assuming the BRICS chairmanship next year, he said.
Modi said India was ready to closely coordinate and cooperate with China to jointly strengthen cooperation among Global South countries, promote a more multipolar world and global economic growth and serve as a force for stability and progress in a turbulent world.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi and agreed that China and India should be partners rather than rivals.
- Xi emphasized the importance of win-win cooperation, mutual respect, and addressing economic and trade concerns to maintain a sound and stable bilateral relationship.
- Modi stated that India views its relationship with China strategically and long-term, seeking partnership and viewing each other's development as opportunities rather than challenges.
- Both leaders committed to maintaining peace and tranquility in border areas and to promoting multilateral cooperation through frameworks like BRICS, the United Nations, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- India thanked China for supporting its hosting of the BRICS summit and pledged full support for China’s upcoming BRICS chairmanship, with both countries willing to strengthen collaboration among Global South nations.
Chinese President Xi
Xi said China had always viewed and developed its relations with
Xi noted that he had met Modi twice over the past two years, guiding bilateral relations from a new start to a further improvement.
Institutional exchanges between the two countries had gradually resumed, the list of areas of cooperation had continued to grow and bilateral trade has reached a new record high, Xi added.
Xi said such hard-won progress should be cherished.
Amid a turbulent international landscape, China and
Xi called on the two sides to keep in mind the future of humanity and the well-being of peoples, work together to promote high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation and contribute more positive energy to world peace, stability, development and prosperity.
Xi called on both sides to help each other succeed through win-win cooperation.
He called on the two sides to expand cooperation in people-to-people exchanges, direct flights and other areas to effectively strengthen the public support for bilateral relations.
Xi called on China and
He also urged China and
Xi said the two countries should support each other as rotating chair of the BRICS, strengthen coordination within such multilateral frameworks as the United Nations, the
Modi said he had held several productive meetings with Xi, guiding
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