"China is willing to work with India to maintain their hard-won sound relations and further advance their cooperation", Xinhua quoted Mr. Xi as saying. China is willing to work with India to maintain their “hard-won sound” ties and further boost bilateral cooperation, President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday as the two leaders held talks amid differences over a raft of issues. “China is willing to work with India to maintain their hard-won sound relations and further advance their cooperation”, state-run Chinese Xinhua news agency quoted Mr. Xi as saying during their half an hour meeting, their second in less than three months. The two leaders met before they attended the BRICS leaders meeting held ahead of the G20 summit here. ties, especially in defence, as the two countries signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will give the militaries of the two countries access to each other’s facilities for supplies and repairs.

Source: The Hindu September 04, 2016 04:18 UTC