XI jinping to PM Modi

Xiamen, (China) Sept 5: A meeting was concluded today. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that "China and India are each other major neighbors. We are also, at the same time, two of the world's largest developing and emerging countries. Therefore, healthy and stable relations serve the financial interests of the people of both countries and the shared expectations of the regional and world community."

President has also added that "China is prepared to work with India to seek guidance, with the five principles of Panchsheel
* Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty
* Mutual non-aggression
* Mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality
* Cooperation for mutual benefit
* Peaceful co-existence."



Panchsheel treaty was proposed by former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru between India and China. It was signed on April 29, 1954. Chinese President also said that "For the past couple of days we have had in-depth exchanges and broad consensus on the BRICS cooperation and on regional and global issues."

Finally, he ended his speech by saying "China stands ready to work with all member countries of BRICS so as to jointly usher in new prospects of mixed cooperation".