Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Indian counterpart,
Pranab Mukherjee, met in New York on Sunday to discuss deepening
relations between the two Asian neighbors.
The development of China and India has brought important
interests to both nations, and has had positive impact on peace and
development in the region and the world at large, Yang said.
Developing a strategic partnership of cooperation with India is
an established long-term goal of the Chinese government, Yang said,
adding that the two sides should view and handle bilateral
relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective so as
to contribute to world peace and development.
Yang expressed the hope that the two countries would maintain
high-level exchanges, conduct strategic, defense and security
dialogues, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various
fields, properly handle border and other issues, strengthen
coordination in United Nations affairs and other major
international matters, and constantly advance bilateral
relations.
Mukherjee, for his part, said that India-China ties have
developed rapidly and that the exchanges of high-level visits have
forcefully promoted bilateral ties and cooperation of mutual
benefit.
Leaders of the Indian government and political parties look
forward to visiting China, Mukherjee said, adding that India has
decided to open a tourism office in Beijing within the year and
hopes efforts like these would further boost cooperation in various
fields.
Mukherjee stressed that there is enough room for the two
countries to develop and cooperate and that the development of
India and China will have lasting influence on world peace and
development.
India stands ready to work with China to strengthen cooperation
in bilateral matters and major international and regional affairs
to facilitate the development of their strategic partnership of
cooperation, Mukherjee said.
(Xinhua News Agency September 24, 2007)
