Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived here on a three-day visit to China during which he will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a range of issues including the festering border dispute and China's plans for infrastructure projects in PoK.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived on a three-day visit to China during which he will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a range of issues including the festering border dispute and China's plans for infrastructure projects in PoK.
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19:22 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi now travels to Beijing for next leg of his consulation with Chinese top leaders.
19:00 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi's first day in China ended on a colourful note.
17:57 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
17:20 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi given a traditional welcome at ancient city gate in Xian.
16:51 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday discussed ways to strengthen "trust" and maintain peace on border between India and China, whose ties are often soured by the decades-old boundary dispute.
Modi and Xi held substantive talks in Xi'an, the first time a Chinese President has done so outside Beijing, covering various issues ranging from political, economic and global issues like terrorism, UNSC reforms and India's membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "On the political side, there was a lot of discussion on strengthening trust and increasing convergence," said Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar while briefing media on the 90-minute delegation-level talks without taking any questions.
He said the two leaders discussed the boundary issue, including peace and tranquility, besides trans-border rivers. The boundary issue has been a sticking point in the relations between the two major Asian countries and both are making efforts to settle it through Special Representatives' talks. The Special Representatives have held 18 rounds of discussions so far.
China says the border dispute is confined only to 2,000 km mostly in Arunachal Pradesh whereas India asserts that the dispute covered the western side of the border spanning to about 4,000 km, especially the Aksai Chin area ceded to China by Pakistan. Talking about the atmospherics at the meeting, the third between the two leaders in one year, Jaishankar said, "the atmosphere was very comfortable. So, in the sense it was building on the chemistry between the two of them which started last September."
Xi'an is Xi's hometown, which Modi made the first stopover of his three-day trip, reciprocating the Chinese President's gesture of travelling to Modi's hometown Ahmedabad in September last year. On the economic front, Modi and Xi discussed the issue of trade deficit, which is in favour of China, and ways to address it. They also talked about the investment climate and challenges of reforms, Jaishankar said.
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15:43 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
Modi, Xi discuss boundary issue, peace and tranquility as well as ways to address trade imbalance, says Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar
15:10 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
Modi and jinpin at Big Wild Goose Pagoda
13:15 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
Modi holds talks with China President Xi Jinping
PM Modi said to the Chinese President, ‘It is an honour for 125 crore Indians whom I am representing as Prime Minister,’
The Chinese President replied saying, ‘You received me warmly in your hometown. Glad to receive you."
11:07 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi interacts with people in China
10:12 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi reaches Daxingshan Temple in Xi'an
8:26 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi reaches the Terracotta Warriors museum
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the historic Terracotta Warriors Museum at Chinese President Xi Jinping's hometown Xi'an, following his arrival in the city. The Prime Minister, who is on the first leg of his three-nation tour of China, Mongolia and South Korea, received an enthusiastic welcome on his arrival in Xi'an earlier in the day.
In Xi'an, Prime Minister Modi will hold talks with President Xi. He will also visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and other attractions across the city. He will also be accorded a traditional Tang Dynasty welcome ceremony, before departing for Beijing at night. In Beijing, Prime Minister Modi will be accorded with an official welcome ceremony on Friday, before holding talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. He is also expected to sign a number of agreements with China, before both leaders will make statements to the press. He is also expected to visit the Tsinghua University in the city, before witnessing a yoga-taichi joint event with Premier Li. He will depart for Shanghai, the final destination in China, later in the day.
8:10 1 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi is enroute to visit the famous Terracotta Warriors museum
04:17 IST Thursday, 14 May 2015
PM Modi reaches China
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received an enthusiastic welcome on his arrival in Xi’an.
Clad in an orange kurta, a Nehru jacket and an orange scarf, the Prime Minister was greeted with a traditional Chinese dance at the airport while he waved at the performers. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup shared the information via Twitter. “Ni Hao!. PM @narendramodi arrives in the historic city of Xi’an, on the first leg of his China visit,” he wrote.
“Not an ordinary city. Not an ordinary welcome. PM @narendramodi being greeted at Xi’an airport,” he added, also posting pictures of the welcome accorded to the Prime Minister.
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