MAHABALIPURAM, India: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Saturday for a "new era" in relations with China as he held talks with President Xi Jinping aiming to overcome troublesome differences between the world's two most populous nations. Xi said in his opening remarks to the summit delegations that he and Modi held "candid discussions as friends." China is in turn sensitive to India letting the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama keep his base in northern India. Kashmir was not raised in the two days of talks, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said. On commerce, India and China are both facing a protectionist US and want greater access to each other's markets.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 11:37 UTC