Premier Wen: Sino-Indian relations face "strategic chances"

Source: Xinhua | 01-15-2008 14:08

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing on Monday Sino-Indian relations face important strategic chances as he met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh (L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, January 14, 2008. [Photo: cnsphoto]

Wen said cooperation between China and India is of great importance to world peace and prosperity.

He said the Chinese side commends Singh's comment that there are enough space in the world for both countries to continue to grow, and agreed that the mutual development of China and India will change the outlook of Asia and even the world.

Singh told the Chinese Premier that "India attaches the highest priority to developing cooperative and mutually beneficial partnership with China."

He said frequent mutual visits by high-level leaders have promoted the development of bilateral relations and are indications of mutual determination to enhance understanding and mutual trust.

Singh arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning for his three-day trip to China, the first since he took office in 2004.

Editor:Zhang Ning