Xi Suggests China – India to Work More Closely Together
NEW DELHI, Apr 1: Amidst the Bangladesh chief advisor Mohammad Yunus making provocative statements on seven north-eastern states inviting China for “extension of its economy,” the Chinese President Xi Jinping told the Indian President Droupadi Murmu that China and India should work more closely together, describing the relations between the two countries as a “Dragon-Elephant tango,” a dance between their emblematic animals.
Mr Xi said the neighbours should find ways to coexist peacefully and that he was ready to deepen communication and coordination in major international affairs, and jointly safeguard peace in border areas.
Leaders of India and China exchanged congratulatory messages on Tuesday marking the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations amid the efforts to reset the ties after over four years of freeze due to the military stand-off in Ladakh.
“Today marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China”, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a media briefing in Beijing. President Xi Jinping and his Indian counterpart Droupadi Murmu besides Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged congratulatory messages respectively, he said.
“Both countries are ancient civilisations, major developing countries and important members of the Global South and both are in a crucial stage of modernisation,” Mr Guo said.
(Manas Dasgupta)
