NEW DELHI, May 21- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (photo) on Monday said peace and regional stability cannot be a reality without strategic mutual trust between China and India, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
“And likewise the development of prosperity of the world cannot be a reality without the cooperation and simultaneous development of China and India,” he said after inspecting a guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of India’s President.
Li, who was accompanied by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said he and Singh had “a most productive session” of talks on Sunday and he expected “more bountiful results” from further discussions.
“The purpose of my current visit to India is three fold — to increase mutual trust, to intensify cooperation and to face the future,” he said, hoping that the two sides would increase strategic mutual trust.
In today’s world, both sides see each other’s development as a major opportunity, said the Chinese Premier, who had a meeting with Singh here on Sunday night.
Li, who arrived here Sunday for a three-day visit to India, his first foreign tour after assuming charge, said: “On the basis of strategic mutual trust, the two countries have struck a new kind of relationship which could be described as healthy and sound.
“That would be a true message for Asia and the world,” he said. Maintaining that the large markets of the two countries have created enormous potential for growth and prosperity in Asia and the whole world, he said that China and India have decided to intensify practical cooperation.
He noted that the two sides will launch China-India regional trading engagement negotiations besides an economic corridor. “We will support the development of industrial zone in each other’s country so as to support economic growth between them,” he said.
He also said that China was looking forward to the Indian Prime Minister’s visit later this year.
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