China willing to maintain hard-won sound relations with India, Xi says

China is willing to work with India to maintain their hard-won sound relations and further advance cooperation, President Xi Jinping said Sunday.

Xi made the remarks when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou.

He said both sides had seen healthy, stable and speedy development of their relationship, and that as neighbors and developing countries they should continue high-level exchanges.

China and India should continue dialogues at various levels and in various areas, and frequently exchange views on major issues of common interest to enhance understanding and trust, Xi said.

The two countries should seek synergy between their development strategies and discuss the implementation of pragmatic cooperation in large projects in infrastructure construction and production capacity, he said.

He proposed that the two sides strengthen people-to-people exchanges and promised that China would continue to encourage Chinese companies to invest in India.

China and India should respect and care for each other on issues of major concern, and handle differences in a constructive way, Xi said.

He said China would deepen cooperation with India to jointly contribute more to world economic growth and better global governance within the G20 framework, and support India's efforts to host the upcoming BRICS summit.

Modi said strategic partnership is of great importance both to the two countries and to the rest of the world, highlighting close high-level exchanges, bilateral trade and people-to-people exchanges.

He said India would coordinate with China for positive outcomes at the G20 Hangzhou summit and that he expected President Xi to attend the eighth BRICS summit in India.

Source : XINHUA