BEIJING: China-India relations are standing at a new starting point and facing new opportunities, Chinese President Xi Jinping said after exchanging congratulatory messages with his Indian counterpart, Ram Nath Kovind, on the 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. In his message, Xi said China-India relations had experienced extraordinary development during the past 70 years. The Indian side was ready to work with China to expand and deepen their closer partnership of development, Kovind added. On the same day, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also exchanged congratulatory messages. For his part, Modi said over the past 70 years, bilateral relations in such areas as politics, economy and people-to-people exchanges had achieved stable development.

Source: Manila Times April 02, 2020 16:15 UTC