BEIJING, July 18: hina would like to have some deliverables when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the country later this year to return Premier Li Kiqiang’s visit to India that took place in May.
The indication was given by the Chinese Ministry of foreign affairs in its interaction with a group of visiting Indian journalists here.
The next round of the strategic dialogue was slated to be held in Beijing soon and progress in the cooperation between the two countries in various areas like energy, trade and infrastructure was expected, a senior official of the Chinese Foreign Ministry dealing with Indian affairs said.
This meeting would implement the consensus of the two prime ministers on the issues they took up in their May meeting, and it can take place before Dr Singh’s visit, the official said.
He said India’s renewed stress on its look East Policy and China’s Look West policy was going to yield very positive result for regional cooperation.
The feeling in the Chinese establishment here was that India and China need to cooperate and work together both at regional and global level to maintain international peace and security as they needed a stable and peaceful atmosphere for their economic growth which was a must to lift millions of their people out of poverty.
Whether it were the top Chinese military think tanks like Academy of Military Sciences, or the arms of the government like Ministry of National Defence and of Foreign Affairs or the editorial rooms of the official Chinese media like China daily or the People’s daily, the predominant concern was to know how an Indian felt about China and how best to promote people to people contact and a better understanding of each other’s country.
There was also great emphasis on deepening trade relations and finding an early solution to the boundary dispute, while maintaining peace on the border pending final settlement on the borders.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also expressed great interest in increasing the number of Indian journalists stationed in China.
Concerns were raised about what they felt “sensationalisation” by the media of any happening on the India-China border.
One top official of the PLA think tank said China was not so much concerned over India’s defence programmes as over the “media effort” to project that all these programmes were directed against China.
At the Academy of Military Sciences, senior colonels assured that China had no intention of waging any war against India, and also that it would not develop any of its water project at the cost of the interest of India. “We want settlement of all our water disputes with our neighbours through peaceful means,” he said.
(UNI)
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