India, China To Explore Reasonable Border Solution: Modi
BEIJING: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he had candid, constructive and friendly talks with the Chinese leadership and both sides agreed to explore a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable resolution to the vexed boundary question which has vitiated bilateral relations over decades.
Addressing media after talks with Prime Minister Li Keqiang here, Modi said bilateral cooperation was a very important part of his talks with Li and with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"We covered all issues, including those that trouble smooth development of our relations," he said.
Modi said he had "stressed the need for China to reconsider its approach on some of the issues that hold us back from realizing the full potential of our partnership".
He said: "I suggested that China should take a strategic and long-term view of our relations" and added that he found the Chinese leadership "responsive".
On the boundary issue, he said both "agreed that we continue to explore a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable resolution" and that both sides reiterated their "strong commitment to make all efforts to maintain peace and tranquility in the border region".
"I found sensitivity to our concerns on this issue; and, interest in further intensifying confidence building measures. I also reiterated the importance of clarification of Line of Actual Control in this regard," said Modi.
He said he sought "tangible progress" on issues relating to visa policy and trans-border rivers and that he discussed "some of our regional concerns".
"We agreed that as we move ahead, we should be sensitive to each other's interests; strengthen mutual trust and confidence; continue to manage our differences with maturity; and seek solutions to outstanding issues," the prime minister said."
"We have set a high level of ambition for our economic partnership," he said.
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