Will be happy to host next ‘informal summit’ in 2019: PM Modi tells Chinese President Xi Jinping
Will be happy to host next ‘informal summit’ in 2019: PM Modi tells Chinese President Xi Jinping
The Chinese President has not hosted any leader in an “informal summit”, which is how the Xi-Modi meeting has been described. In fact, Xi has travelled out of Beijing to central China to spend over two days with the Indian PM, the first time he is extending such a gesture to a visiting foreign leader.
"The people of India feel really proud that I’m the first Prime Minister of India, for whom, you (Chinese President) have come out of the capital twice to receive me,” Modi told the Chinese President.
On his part, Chinese President Xi told PM Modi that he hopes their meeting opens a new chapter for bilateral ties, Reuters quoting state radio as saying.
Earlier in the day, both leaders exchanged views on “solidifying” the India-China relationship as they embarked on an unprecedented two-day informal summit in Wuhan during which they will have a series of one-on-one conversations focussing on bilateral, global and regional issues.
PM Modi, who landed in the central Chinese city early today for the informal summit, began talks soon after President Xi hosted a grand welcoming ceremony for him. The informal summit is being viewed as an attempt to defrost the icy relationship that developed between India and China due to the 73-day long Doklam standoff, which ended last August.
Modi in China: The informal summit is being viewed as an attempt to defrost the icy relationship that developed between India and China following the 73-day long Doklam standoff, which ended last August.
Updated: April 27, 2018 7:45Pm
NEW DELHI:- Attempting to bridge the trust deficit with China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he will be happy to host the next informal summit in India next year. His comments came during delegation-level talks with President Xi in Hubei. “I hope such informal summits become a tradition between both the countries. I’ll be happy, if in 2019, we can have such informal summit in India,” PM Modi was quoted as saying by ANI.
The Chinese President has not hosted any leader in an “informal summit”, which is how the Xi-Modi meeting has been described. In fact, Xi has travelled out of Beijing to central China to spend over two days with the Indian PM, the first time he is extending such a gesture to a visiting foreign leader.
"The people of India feel really proud that I’m the first Prime Minister of India, for whom, you (Chinese President) have come out of the capital twice to receive me,” Modi told the Chinese President.
On his part, Chinese President Xi told PM Modi that he hopes their meeting opens a new chapter for bilateral ties, Reuters quoting state radio as saying.
Earlier in the day, both leaders exchanged views on “solidifying” the India-China relationship as they embarked on an unprecedented two-day informal summit in Wuhan during which they will have a series of one-on-one conversations focussing on bilateral, global and regional issues.
PM Modi, who landed in the central Chinese city early today for the informal summit, began talks soon after President Xi hosted a grand welcoming ceremony for him. The informal summit is being viewed as an attempt to defrost the icy relationship that developed between India and China due to the 73-day long Doklam standoff, which ended last August.
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