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India, China to seek reasonable solution to border dispute

Manmohan, Hu Jintao meet on the sidelines of U.N. General Assembly session

NEW YORK: India and China have agreed to seek a ``reasonable solution'' to the border question with ``greater urgency'' and are looking forward to a meeting of their special representatives later this year.

The agreement was reached at a meeting here on Wednesday between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session.

Briefing reporters, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said the leaders felt that the two countries had an opportunity to look for a pragmatic solution based on the political parameters agreed upon between them.

The Prime Minister referred to the agreement reached on political parameters and guiding principles to resolve the long-standing boundary question. He thanked China for its support for India's participation in the ITER nuclear project in Europe.

Mr. Hu briefed Mr. Singh on six-party talks on the nuclear programme in North Korea. There was similarity of views between the two countries on Teheran.

In their extensive discussions for over half hour, they noted that this was the fourth meeting between them in the past one year and that relations between the two countries had developed in a positive direction in recent times.

Mr. Hu referred to what Dr. Singh told him on an earlier occasion that India and China were not adversaries but partners. Dr. Singh said the two countries launched a strategic partnership when Premier Wen came to India last year. This promised prospects of prosperity and peace not only for the two countries but also for the world, he said. Mr. Hu said that in this spirit, China supported India becoming an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

— PTI

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