INDIA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in New Delhi to meet his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in a bid to boost ties between the two Asian giants
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INDIA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in New Delhi to meet his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in a bid to boost ties between the two Asian giants
- Title: INDIA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in New Delhi to meet his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in a bid to boost ties between the two Asian giants
- Date: 8th June 2014
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 08, 2014) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) CHINA FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI WALKING OUT OF AIRPORT WANG WAVING WANG GETTING INTO A BLACK CAR CAR CHINESE FLAG ON CAR CAR DRIVING PAST
- Embargoed: 23rd June 2014 23:03
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
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- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi on Sunday (June 8) for the first high-level meeting between the two countries after new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office.
Wang is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two-day trip as a special envoy of China's President Xi Jinping.
Modi last month invited Xi to visit, seeking greater engagement between the world's two most populous nations on issues of trade and regional security.
Beijing has yet to formally respond to that invitation. The last Chinese head of state to visit India was Hu Jintao in 2012.
Modi is keen to rebalance relations between New Delhi and Beijing that have long been marked by suspicion.
China's closest ally in the region is India's traditional foe, Pakistan, whose prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, attended Modi's inauguration.
China and India fought a brief Himalayan war in 1962 that India lost. Tension has occasionally flared on their common border, which runs for a total of nearly 3,400 km (2,100 miles) and is still partly in dispute.
India runs a $40-billion trade deficit with China, and Modi is expected to seek greater market access to reduce that gap. China's own embrace of an export-led model has helped its economy outgrow India's fourfold since 1980. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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