India/China Leaders Meet to Strengthen Ties

摘要

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in China in the second week of January for a three-day visit aimed at reducing mutual suspicions over long-standing border disputes, while building on strong trade ties. Reuters said Leaders of the two nations must offer reassurances that Asia is big enough for both. Before his arrival in Beijing, Singh called the relationship an "imperative necessity" and dismissed talk that India was ganging up with the U.S., Japan and Australia against China. Despite annual summits between the former foes, a "strategic partnership" announced three years ago has yet to take off.