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Chinese artistes performing at a cultural evening to mark the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Indian diplomatic ties, in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
NEW DELHI, APRIL 11. The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, today said that even if the boundary settlement with India did not come about early it would not affect the normal course of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Inaugurating the "Cultural Festival of China" at Siri Fort auditorium here to mark the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, Mr. Wen said forging peaceful relations with neighbours was an established policy of China and all other issues were to be viewed in that context. Being two of the largest developing countries, China and India had similar challenges ahead, he said.
Enormous: Manmohan
Echoing similar sentiments, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, "Our nations are engaged in the task of alleviating debilitating problems of poverty and hunger and the number of people to be uplifted is enormous. We, therefore, require both separate and joint efforts. The latter has begun with the signing of the joint statement on strategic partnership." Both the leaders traced the cultural and trade links of the two countries back to the days of the Chinese explorers and to the spread of Buddhism. Dr. Singh said the traditional exchanges between the two countries were not only limited to culture and philosophy, but also through trade in items such as silk and sugar. Mr. Wen said the joint feasibility study of the potential for regional trade between India and China was aimed at increasing the trade between the two nations to $20 billion or more by 2008. The Chinese Premier, before signing off with the slogan "Hindi-Cheeni bhai bhai," said that traditional links between the two nations went back several millennia. India had sympathised and helped China during its hour of need by sharing the principles of "Panchsheel" in the 1950s.
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