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Johannesburg, July 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that the Chinese Defense Minister will visit India next month as part of efforts to maintain momentum generated by their recent meetings. Modi, who attended the BRICS Summit, met Xi for the third time in nearly three months yesterday after his informal two-day summit in Wuhan, China, in late April, and a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai conference. . Summit of the Cooperation Organization in Qingdao, China in June
"It is important to maintain this momentum and for this we should regularly review our relationship and give appropriate instructions whenever necessary," said Modi at Xi in his opening speech.
He told the Chinese leader that their recent meetings have given new strength to bilateral relations and also provided new opportunities for cooperation.
President Xi said that the Chinese side was ready o Work with the Indian side to advance the new dynamics of bilateral relations since their informal meeting in Wuhan, the Xinhua News Agency, reported the newspaper .
He called on both parties to strengthen strategic communication, increase mutual trust, promote practical cooperation, as well as cultural and interpersonal exchanges, strengthen dialogue and manage differences properly, he said.
In Wuhan, Modi and Xi decided to provide "strategic directions" to their armies to strengthen communications. trust and understanding, a move to avoid a Doklam-type situation in the future.
Modi said that the Johannesburg meeting provided them with another opportunity to strengthen their narrower development partnership.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Vijay Gokhale said that the two leaders reaffirmed their willingness to give the necessary leadership to their armies to improve communication between them and "They were satisfied with the efforts made by officials from both sides to strengthen bilateral commitments and implement some of the agreements and rulings that the two leaders had made in Wuhan Prime Minister Modi also expressed his willingness to send Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor in China this year for the border talks at the level of the Special Representative, he said.
Gokhale said that the two sides agreed in Qingdao that the Chinese defense and of Public Security to visit India this year.
"It was decided that these two visits would take place respectively in August and August. October, "added the Minister of Foreign Affairs
. Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Ren Guoqiang confirmed that the state councilor and defense minister, General Wei Fenghe, "plans to make an official friendly visit to India" to the Invitation from his co Unterpart Nirmala Sitharaman
"We have provided a high-level design for bilateral relations in a macroscopic and timely perspective, which is conducive to mobilizing positive elements from all sectors in both countries. and uniting the will of 2.6 billion people from both countries, to form a force that would push bilateral ties in the future, "said Xi to Modi.
Gokhale said the two leaders also pointed out that "in recent months mutual trust has increased between the two parties.
President Xi again conveyed to Prime Minister Modi that he was very pleased to accept his invitation for an informal summit. , the second, next year and the two sides also agreed to follow a number of issues, added the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
They also agreed that the high-level interpersonal mechanism that would be established between the two is one of the important issues that Prime Minister Modi raised with President Xi in his previous meetings concerns the way in which both parties can strengthen Indian exports to China, especially agricultural exports.
"It was decided that an Indian trade delegation will visit China on August 1 and 2. Among the issues they will discuss are exports of soy, sugar and non-basmati rice, and they will examine Prime Minister Modi also spoke about the pharmaceutical sector and quoted a Chinese film entitled "Dying to Survive", based on the role played by Indian anti-cancer drugs to save the lives of the people, Gokhale added. It had been decided that an Indian pharmaceutical delegation would travel to Shanghai, China, on August 21 and 22 for talks.
Mr. Xi said the major emerging market economies, as well as vindicators and According to Xinhua, China and India should strengthen their bilateral cooperation, while exploring a new model of regional cooperation, supporting multilateralism, supporting the world. economic development and seeking a more just and rational international order
. Minister Modi will meet again on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina later this year. PTI KIS / ZH AKJ ZH
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