Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang who insisted that the world’s two largest developing countries have more common interests than divergences, as the two leaders discussed bilateral ties and global issues of mutual concern.
During the meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN-India Summit, Li said that China and India – the world’s two largest developing countries – have more common interests than divergences.
Citing “Made in China 2025” and “Internet Plus” drives and India’s “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes, Li pointed out that the two countries have compatible development strategies and bilateral cooperation enjoys bright prospects.
China stands ready to join hands with India to beef up cooperation in trade and investment, infrastructure construction and financial services, and broaden people-to- people exchanges, so as to further consolidate public support for bilateral relations,” Li was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
He added that China is willing to work with India to strive for “early harvests” in the construction of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
Meanwhile, in a major boost to bilateral security cooperation, China and India have agreed to actively exchange intelligence on terror groups and their activities through a dedicated communication channel.
A comprehensive joint statement issued after talks between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and top Chinese leaders and security officials said, “both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in combating international terrorism through exchanging information on terrorist activities, terrorist groups and their linkages.”
China and India also agreed to “coordinate positions on anti-terrorism endeavours at regional and multilateral levels and supporting each other” and promote “exchanges by groups of counter-terrorism experts to discuss counter-terrorism cooperation,” the statement said.
