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China, India hold 'strategic dialogue'
By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-01-26 01:30 China and India, the world's two largest
developing countries, held a first round of "strategic dialogue"over the past
two days with the hope of improving their bilateral relationship despite
long-existing border disputes, offi cials said.
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Inida chef performs stunts at a fair in Hangzhou, capital of East China's
Zhejiang Province January 4, 2005.
[newsphoto] | On Monday, Wu Dawei,
Chinesevice-minister of foreign affairs,and Shhyam Saran, Indian foreign
secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs, held talks. They reached broad
consensus on various issues, Xinhua reported.
Among the international andregional issues discussed were issuessuch as
globalization, democratizationof international relations,
UN reforms, non-proliferation,terrorism, the Korean Peninsula as well as
regional co-operation,a statement issued by the Indianside said.
"Launching of the new dialogue mechanism indicates the resolve of the two
countries to take bilateral engagements into a long term and strategic
relationship,"
Indian External Affairs Ministryspokesman Navtej Sarna was quoted by Xinhua
as saying.
The talks also covered issues to prepare the groundwork for an upcoming visit
to India by PremierWen Jiabao, reports said.
"The dialogue is a further step for the two nations after they have held
several rounds of 'security dialogues' in the past to seek the establishment of
a 'strategic cooperative partnership,'" said SunShihai, deputy director of the
Institute of Asia-Pacific Studiesat the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in
Beijing.
As developing countries, both China and India share commoninterests in many
fields, said Sun, adding that the two sides hold theview that a trend towards
multi-polarityis conducive to international peace while both oppose a dominant
superpower in Asia.
On the other hand, it reflects theChinese paying more attention to the role
of India in the international arena, he added.
As to disputes, the statement said both sides reiterated "their desire to
improve their relationshipat all levels and in all areas while addressing their
outstanding differences, including boundary questions, in a fair, reasonable
andmutually satisfactory manner."
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