India’s Modi to Visit China’s Xi in New Sign of Diplomatic Thaw
The “informal summit” between Xi and Modi will be held Friday and Saturday in Wuhan, the capital of the central province of Hubei, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday at a news conference with India External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Xi and Modi would have “communications of a strategic nature concerning big changes happening in the world,” Wang told reporters in Beijing.
Xi and Modi last met in September, when they held their first talks since defusing a border stand-off in remote region between India, Bhutan and China’s Tibet region. A healthy, stable relationship is in the fundamental interest of both nations, Xi said after that meeting, which took place at the conclusion of a summit of so-called BRICS nations in China’s Xiamen.
“While making efforts to progress our relations in diverse areas, we underlined that maintaining peace and tranquility in the India-China border areas is an essential prerequisite for the smooth development of bilateral relations,” Swaraj said.
Courtesy : Bloomberg
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