Top-level mechanism to be set up to sort out bilateral trade issues: Govt on Modi-Xi meet
The Foreign Secretary further said that the Kashmir issue was neither raised nor discussed during the meet.
The Foreign Secretary further said that the Kashmir issue was neither raised nor discussed during the meet.
Jinping in his address during the delegation-level talks said that he and Modi had engaged in 'candid conversations like friends, heart-to-heart discussions on bilateral relations'.
The plogging exercise lasted for about 30 minutes with PM Modi picking a bagful of litter, sending out a strong message on fitness and cleanliness.
The one-on-one tete-a-tete between PM Modi and Xi Jinping over dinner on Friday lasted for two-and-a-half hours, well beyond the planned time, and was 'very open and cordial'.
The focus of the informal meeting is on improving people-to-people contacts and on how to maintain peace and tranquillity along on India-China border.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the second informal summit near Chennai on October 11 and 12.
India has also ruled out any scope of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Kashmir issue.
On the boundary issue, the Chinese envoy said that the two nations need to keep it in the larger picture of China-India relations and do not let the boundary dispute affect the normal development of bilateral relations.
The upcoming Chennai summit will provide them with an opportunity to continue discussions on bilateral, regional, global issues and exchange views on deepening India-China Closer Development Partnership.
“Russia and India are very old friends,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he hailed the close relationship between the two countries in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
