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BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry has responded to India's decision to send a military delegation to China with positive vibes and promises to "make concerted efforts" to improve relations with India in 2012.
New Delhi's decision to send the military delegation has caused some surprises after Beijing refused to grant visa to a military officer born in Arunachal Pradesh to reinforce its ownership claim over the region.
"China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership," the country's Assistant Foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said ringing in the New Year. He was apparently applauding New Delhi for realizing Beijing's difficulties in granting visa to an officer from Arunachal in view of its public claims over it.
Liu's approach towards India appeared much different from the one displayed by the Communist Party-run Global Times, which recently said that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs was "full of narrow nationalism". It also blamed it for "hyping" up a trade dispute that saw two Indian traders being detained in the southern city of Yiwu.
"China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership," Liu said. "China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership," he said.
He talked about the "growing momentum" in the development of relationship between the two countries, which have "established effective communication and coordination on significant international and regional issues".
"A steadily growing Sino-Indian partnership will not only bring benefits to the two peoples, but it will also be conducive to promoting peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the world at large," he opined. The year 2011 was an "year of exchanges", he said. It helped "increase mutual understanding", he claimed while citing the visit of a 500-member Indian youth delegation to Beijing.
The first 11 months of 2011 saw a 21.8% rise in bilateral trade which reached $ 67.28 billion.
China offers sweet words as India send military delegation - The Times of India
New Delhi's decision to send the military delegation has caused some surprises after Beijing refused to grant visa to a military officer born in Arunachal Pradesh to reinforce its ownership claim over the region.
"China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership," the country's Assistant Foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said ringing in the New Year. He was apparently applauding New Delhi for realizing Beijing's difficulties in granting visa to an officer from Arunachal in view of its public claims over it.
Liu's approach towards India appeared much different from the one displayed by the Communist Party-run Global Times, which recently said that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs was "full of narrow nationalism". It also blamed it for "hyping" up a trade dispute that saw two Indian traders being detained in the southern city of Yiwu.
"China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership," Liu said. "China hopes that the two sides will support each other and learn from each other, so as to push for better and faster development of the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership," he said.
He talked about the "growing momentum" in the development of relationship between the two countries, which have "established effective communication and coordination on significant international and regional issues".
"A steadily growing Sino-Indian partnership will not only bring benefits to the two peoples, but it will also be conducive to promoting peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the world at large," he opined. The year 2011 was an "year of exchanges", he said. It helped "increase mutual understanding", he claimed while citing the visit of a 500-member Indian youth delegation to Beijing.
The first 11 months of 2011 saw a 21.8% rise in bilateral trade which reached $ 67.28 billion.
China offers sweet words as India send military delegation - The Times of India
