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Hu makes five-point proposal for better ties(Xinhua)Updated: 2006-11-22 21:51 NEW DELHI -- Chinese President Hu Jintao made a five-point proposal here Wednesday for the further development of Sino-India relations.
Hu made the proposal in a keynote address dubbed "Working Together to Expand Cooperation and Create a Bright Future" at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi during his state visit to India.
"We should continue regular leadership meetings and expand high-level exchanges between the governments, legislatures and political parties to enhance mutual understanding," he said. Second, the two sides should enhance business cooperation and enrich bilateral relations, Hu said. The two countries should encourage and support cooperation between their business communities in information technology, energy, resources, infrastructure, science, technology and agriculture, so that the two economies could grow at an even greater momentum, the president suggested. Third, the two countries should increase cultural and social exchanges and public support for China-India friendship, Hu said. He suggested the two sides strengthen cooperation in education and tourism, expand air links, increase media and youth exchanges and forge closer ties between sister cities. Fourth, Hu said it advisable for China and India to step up friendly consultation and work for an early settlement of the boundary issue. He expressed China's willingness to work with India, guided by the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the overall interests of the two countries, to actively seek a fair, just and mutually acceptable solution toward the issue through friendly consultation on an equal footing. Fifth, the president hoped the two countries could develop multilateral cooperation and jointly uphold the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries. To China, India is a major partner of cooperation in Asia and the world, Hu said. "We should increase communication and coordination on major international issues to jointly uphold the overall interests of developing countries," he said. Hu made the proposal in a keynote address dubbed "Working Together to Expand Cooperation and Create a Bright Future" at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi during his state visit to India.
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