PM leaves for Wuhan for informal summit with Xi
27 April 2018 5:03 AM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday left for the central Chinese city of Wuhan for a two-day-long informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping which is expected to improve bilateral ties hit by a tense border standoff in Doklam and differences over several sticky issues.
In a pre-departure statement, Modi, without explicitly mentioning about any issue, said he and President Xi would review the developments in Sino-Indian relations from a strategic and long-term perspective during the summit beginning tomorrow.
"President Xi and I will exchange views on a range of issues of bilateral and global importance. We will discuss our respective visions and priorities for national development, particularly in the context of current and future international situation," Modi said.
"We will also review the developments in the India-China relations from a strategic and long-term perspective," he further said.
Besides the Doklam standoff, relations between India and China have witnessed a nosedive over a series of other issues including China blocking India's move to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN, its opposition to India's bid for NSG membership.
India has also been severely critical of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is part of the BRI project, passes through Gilgit and Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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