Hangzhou, China: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to make efforts to put India-China ties in the “right direction” and to “respect and accommodate” each other’s concerns to avoid “impedance” relations, a top Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday. Modi and Xi met on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on 4 September amid differences over raft of issues. After meeting Modi, Xi had said that “China is willing to work with India to maintain their hard-won sound relations and further advance cooperation”. “China and India should respect and care for each other on issues of major concern, and handle differences in a constructive way,” Xi was quoted by state-run Xinhua news agency as saying. Commenting on Modi-Xi meeting, Hu Shisheng, director of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations affiliated to the Chinese foreign ministry, said India-China ties faced serious tensions over issues relating to Pakistan.

Source: Mint September 06, 2016 16:30 UTC