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India and China sign 24 deals worth $10 billion in Beijing

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In this handout photograph taken and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) on May 14, 2015, India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi`an.
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India and China to signed 24 deals worth $10 billion in Beijing. The two  have also agreed for cooperation in trade negotiations. 

Agreements signed to include outer space, sister cities, mines and minerals, skill development, and vocational education, among others. Consulates of respective countries in Chengdu and Chennai will also be set up. 

"Today, we have signed over 20 agreements, covering diverse areas of cooperation. This shows the depth and maturity of our relationship and the positive direction of our partnership," Modi said in his address.

"Our decision to open consulates in Chengdu and Chennai reflects growing mutual confidence and shared commitment to expand relations," he added.

An MoU on education exchange programme and 'Space Cooperation Outline' were also signed.

Other key agreements are on developing China India think tanks, maritime cooperation and ocean sciences.

Four agreements were signed on sister-state and sister city relations between Karnataka and Sichuan province; Chennai and Chongqing; Hyderabad and Qingdao; and Aurangabad and Dunhuang.

An agreement on setting up a Mahatma Gandhi skill centre in Ahmedabad was also signed besides a broadcast tie-up for Doordarshan and China's state-run CCTV.

Agreements on education exchange programme, on mining and minerals, skill development, tourism and vocational education also figured on the list.

Two MoUs between Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Yunnan Minzu University and another with Fudan University were signed on the establishment of a Yoga college and centre for Gandhian and Indian studies, respectively.

Prime Minister Modi will later meet National People's Congress (NPC) standing committee chairman Zhang Dejiang, before visiting the Tsinghua University, where he is scheduled to address the students. He will then visit the Temple of Heaven, where he will have his final engagement in the city: a yoga-tai chi joint event.

In the evening, the Prime Minister shall depart for Shanghai, the third and final city he shall be visiting during his current tour of China.

(with agencies)

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