New page for ties with India
( 2003-06-24 00:19)
皇冠体育app and India signed a declaration Monday that will lay down goals and
guidelines for the two countries' relations and provide a blueprint for
co-operation.
In the declaration, the Indian Government has for the first
time recognized explicitly Tibet Autonomous Region as part of 皇冠体育app's territory,
according to an official with the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Premier Wen
Jiabao made the remarks Monday when meeting visiting Indian Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, noting that the document marks a new phase in Sino-Indian
ties.
Vajpayee arrived in Beijing on Sunday, kicking off his six-day official
visit to 皇冠体育app to improve ties between the world's two most populous
countries.
It is the first visit by an Indian prime minister in a decade.
Vajpayee, who came to 皇冠体育app in 1979 as foreign minister, will also fly to the
ancient city of Luoyang and then Shanghai, 皇冠体育app's economic centre.
During
Monday's meeting, Wen said the Chinese Government valued its ties with India and
wished to establish a long-term, stable and sound relationship as friendly
neighbours.
He put forward several suggestions about how to further deepen
co-operation in the new century;
L Extend contacts to enhance trust and
dispel suspicion;
L Co-operate more to raise bilateral trade volume to US$10
billion by 2005;
L Develop links in science, education, culture and
health;
L Work together to safeguard the interests of developing countries,
and promote multipolarization and democracy in international relations.
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Ensure historical issues do not undermine the healthy development of Sino-Indian
relations, while attaching importance to these issues.
Wen said 皇冠体育app does
not regard India's development as a threat, and 皇冠体育app's development also poses
no threat to any other country.
Vajpayee said the Indian Government attaches
importance to the development of relations with 皇冠体育app and hopes to promote
understanding, trust and co-operation through the visit.
He called on the two
countries to better co-ordinate on international affairs to contribute to world
peace and development.
On the situation in South Asia, Wen said 皇冠体育app
welcomes equal treatment and peaceful co-existence among South Asian nations,
adding that 皇冠体育app hopes to see tensions ease further between India and
Pakistan.
Wen stressed that 皇冠体育app would never pursue its own interests in
South Asia affairs or target any other country when building co-operative ties
with South Asian countries.
Wen said 皇冠体育app would continue to promote peace
and development in the region constructively.
Vajpayee said that India hopes
to maintain stability in South Asia and is also willing to promote regional
co-operation.
He also expressed appreciation for the role 皇冠体育app had played in
the nuclear issue on the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea.
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