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India, China have enough space to prosper globally: President Patil | Playing down China's nuclear help to Pakistan in establishing reactors and underscoring the border disputes, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil said on Wednesday that the Sino-Indian relationship is progressing on a friendly path. President Patil's
six-day visit to China gains importance in wake of growing irritants in the Sino-Indian
relationship like usage of the waters of the Brahmaputra, reported violation of
the Indian border by the Chinese Army, and providing nuclear reactors to Pakistan.
Patil is visiting China from May 26-31 and is expected to hold discussions with
the Chinese leadership on all controversial issues. "India and China's friendship
is progressing well. We have a strategic and cooperative partnership. We have
also attained pronged strategy for mutual cooperation, and when Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh visited China in 2008, the two countries concluded a "Shared Vision
for the 21st Century" which forms the basis for bilateral cooperation on global
issues," she told reporters on board Air India One. "We are progressing on the
friendly path and you must have seen that in the Copenhagen Climate Change summit,
on the framework on basics, we operated very well. India and China both have a
future together and there is enough space in the world for both the countries
to fulfill their aspiration of development so that they can grow and prosper together,"
she added. Commenting on her visit, which coincides with the 60th anniversary
of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China, President
Patil said her visit is part of the process of high-level contacts between the
two countries. She said that India and China are two large and populous countries
and both of them are focussed on enhancing economic growth and social progress,
so there are many areas in which the two countries can exchange views and learn
from each other's experiences. She said that as developing nations, India and
China have similar approaches and viewpoints on many global issues. India and
China have successfully carried out close cooperation within such international
frameworks as G-20, BRIC countries and BASIC countries. The two countries also
coordinated with each other at the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. |
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