India-China links of world importance
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AS the world’s two largest developing countries and emerging economies, cooperation between India and China is of great global importance, India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said during a visit to Beijing.
Describing the world as “more multi-polar,” he said that India and China need to enhance communication and coordination to contribute to world peace and development.
China and India are the world’s only two emerging economies that boast a population of more than 1 billion.
“Our relationship is so big that it is no longer a bilateral relationship,” Jaishankar said. “It has global dimensions.”
He called on the two countries to find stronger areas of convergence, respect each other’s core concerns, find ways of managing differences, and keep a strategic view of the direction of bilateral ties.
Close cooperation
This was Jaishankar’s first visit to China as India’s external affairs minister since he assumed office at the end of May this year. He served as Indian ambassador to China from 2009 to 2013.
Next year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India.
Jaishankar described bilateral ties as “positive.” “When we look back (at the past 69 years), there are many lessons that both of us can take from it,” he said. “The primary lesson is that it is important for India and China to cooperate closely if we are to realize the Asian century.”
During Jaishankar’s visit, he co-chaired the second meeting of the China-India high-level people-to-people exchange mechanism with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. They agreed to further promote friendship between the two peoples.
Both China and India have a history that goes back thousands of years.
“A lot of people, including young people of both countries, really don’t have a good understanding of how much our two cultures of civilizations have affected each other,” he said
The two countries decided to establish a high-level people-to-people exchange mechanism in April last year and the first meeting of the mechanism was held in New Delhi in December.
Senior Indian officials from the sports, tourism, and culture sectors traveled with Jaishankar to China.
“It’s important for our relationship to build popular support,” he said. “Our people must feel good about each other.”
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