Modi, Xi agree to put Sino-India ties on right direction: China
After meeting Modi, Xi had said that China is willing to work with India to maintain their relations and further advance cooperation.
Hangzhou
: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to make efforts to put India-China ties in the -"right direction-" and to -"respect and accommodate-" each other's concerns to avoid -"impedance-" relations, a top Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
Modi and Xi met in Hangzhou on the sidelines of the G20 summit on September 4 amid differences over raft of issues.
-"They agreed that efforts shall be made to orientate the development of China-India relations in the right direction,-" Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a written reply to PTI today about how China viewed the meeting.
-"The two sides also agreed to respect and accommodate each other's concerns and properly handle sensitive issues to avoid their impedance to the normal development of bilateral relations,-" Hua said in response to a question.
In the bilateral meeting with Xi, Modi raised India's concerns over the USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) being laid through PoK and told Xi that -"to ensure durable ties and their steady development, it is of paramount importance that we respect each other's aspirations, concerns and strategic interests-".
Their meeting took place in the backdrop of steady decline in the relations over China's technical hold in UN over banning Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar and Beijing stalling India's bid to gain members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) besides CPEC.
Hua said the two leaders agreed to -"enhance strategic communication, foster synergies between the development strategies of the two countries, expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields so as to further China-India strategic cooperative partnership-".
After meeting Modi, Xi had said that -"China is willing to work with India to maintain their hard-won sound relations and further advance cooperation-".
-"China and India should respect and care for each other on issues of major concern, and handle differences in a constructive way,-" Xi was quoted by state-run Xinhua news agency as saying.
Commenting on Modi-Xi meeting, Hu Shisheng, Director of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations affiliated to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said India-China ties faced serious tensions over issues relating to Pakistan. He said Pakistan has become a visible negative factor in India-China relations.
-"This may also be due to India's rapidly increasing relations with the US and Japan. Chinese scholars apprehend that the Cold War my come again. We should prevent that,-" he said and called for enhanced talks between the two countries.