New Delhi: India on Monday said it does not want the Arunachal Pradesh border issue to come in the way of overall development of bilateral ties with China as President Hu Jintao arrived in New Delhi on a state visit.
During the visit the two sides will discuss civil nuclear cooperation among other things.
The two sides will utilise the four-day visit to add "substance" to their cooperation and sign at least 10 accords in diverse fields, including the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Act (BIPA) after Hu holds talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.
Leading a high-level delegation on his maiden visit to India, Hu was received by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Minister-in-waiting Kapil Sibal.
The Chinese President will be accorded a ceremonial welcome in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
Attaching immense significance to Hu's visit, New Delhi feels that contentious issues like boundary dispute over Arunachal Pradesh should be kept aside and rest of the relations be allowed to develop for realisation of the potential existing in the ties between the world's two fastest growing economies.
New Delhi notes that one of the disputes – Sikkim – has already been resolved with China admitting it to be a part of India.
"We have a way of dealing with other issues like dispute over Arunachal Pradesh boundary. We have learnt over time," official sources said.
In the meantime, relations in rest of the areas have to be carried forward, they said, underlining that the two countries would be able to find solutions as their ties had
become "mature".
With regard to Tibet, New Delhi says it recognises it as an "autonomous" part of China.
Comments
0 comment