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Pranab to visit China today

Beijing: Seeking to inject greater momentum to bilateral ties, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukheree will begin a four-day visit to China on Wednesday with the boundary row and irritants surrounding it expected to be a key item on a wide-ranging agenda.

On the eve of Mr. Mukherjee’s visit, Beijing said the two countries do not see each other as a threat and it would work towards reaching through dialogue a “fair, reasonable and acceptable” solution to the boundary row, an issue which has often caused stress on bilateral relations with reports of Chinese incursions and its claims over Indian territory.

“The two countries have reached a consensus that both are important neighbours and partners to each other. The two countries will not regard each other as a threat,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here. — PTI

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