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Wen visit: China, India
announce
five-year co-operation plan
What is India News Service,
Monday, 11 April 2005, 1400 hrs IST
Chinese Prime
Minister Wen Jiabao on Monday said the two nations have
agreed on a five-year plan for comprehensive co-operation in economy and
trade to promote bilateral ties.
He said the two
countries had decided on inking an agreement on guiding principles of settlement
of boundary question.
"This is a very
important visit in the history of our relations and I am sure this visit will
certainly continue to promote friendly ties and cooperation between our two
countries," Wen, who is here on a four-day visit, told reporters after
being accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
With Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh standing beside him, the Chinese Premier expressed confidence
that "we will be able to bring even closer our partnership".
"We are going to
agree on guiding principles of settlement of the India-China boundary
question," Wen said. He said the two countries were set to release a
five-year plan for comprehensive economic cooperation and trade.
"We are going to
put in place a bridge of friendship linking our two countries, a bridge that
will lead both of us to the future," said Wen who reached here yesterday
after a day-long stay in Bangalore.
The two countries, in
an effort to resolve the boundary issue, have agreed on a three-tier process,
comprising an accord on the guiding principles at the first stage, agreed
framework in the second and actual delineation of the border in the third.
Guiding
principles being worked out: Having finally located mutually
beneficial development principles, India and China are now set to ink a
consensus document on "political principles" to deal with their border
dispute.
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