Met Indian leaders will seek a solution to the border dispute between XI Jinping | |-India _ news

Xinhuanet, Beijing, July 16-Singapore Straits Times network reported, in Brazil, held ahead of the BRICs Summit, India Prime Minister MODI and his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping met agreed that the two countries needed to solve the stalemate a decades-long border dispute, also show that to strengthen Sino-Indian trade and diplomatic relations.

MODI this time as India's Prime Minister for the first time held bilateral meetings with XI Jinping, India in New Delhi, the Government said in a statement, the two leaders held 80 minutes of talks, "the two sides stressed the need for solution to the border problem. ”

The statement said MODI talks to strengthen mutual trust and confidence in China and India, as well as the importance of maintaining the peace and tranquillity of the border.

MODI tweets issued after the meeting that he and XI Jinping held a "fruitful" talks, they discussed a wide range of topics.

China's Foreign Ministry said XI Jinping in talks stressed that China and India should strengthen exchanges and closer partnership for development, to expand cultural, educational, religious and youth friendly exchanges in the fields of, while expanding services such as trade, investment and tourism cooperation.

He also said, the two countries should adopt a positive attitude in dealing with their differences through friendly consultations as soon as possible to reach a mutually acceptable solution to the boundary issue.

In this regard, MODI said India would continue, through existing mechanisms, to peaceful settlement of their border issue through friendly consultations.

Sino-India border war in 1962, border disputes have occurred since.

With regard to bilateral trade and economic cooperation, Mr MODI noted that it is necessary to correct the imbalance in Sino-Indian economic and trade issues, referring to current bilateral trade is good for China.

India's new Government vowed to intensify the construction of roads, railways and ports in the development of New Delhi said in a statement, he called on Chinese enterprises to increase its India investments in infrastructure and in India set up industrial parks, also wants to learn from China's successful experience.

He responded by saying, agreed on the need to achieve a balanced bilateral trade. He said: "strengthening India's service exports to China, would be one way to solve the problem. ”

At present, China is India's largest trading partner.

India's Foreign Ministry spokesman akebaluding said in Fortaleza, while India is not the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) members, but MODI, XI Jinping, invited to attend this year's Asia-Pacific economic cooperation forum in Shanghai in November.

MODI after the Prime Minister invited Mr XI later this year to India for a State visit.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to XI Jinping last month as special envoys travelled to New Delhi and meet with the MODI. Wang Yi during his visit to India indicated that at that time, China and India reached agreement on a border dispute settlement, and ready to trade controls are relaxed, the increase in India's investment.

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08:51 on July 16, 2014 Xinhua NET