Beijing, July 14th—Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Indian External Affairs Minister. 

Liu noted that for China and India, the two developing countries and two emerging economies with geographical proximity, the healthy and stable development of China-India relations is conducive to promoting the modernization process of respective countries, and is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples and the common expectations of the Global South countries. The two sides should implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries that China and India pose no threat but offer development opportunities to each other, and are cooperation partners, not competitors. Both sides should strengthen the guidance of mutual friendly understanding, enhance political mutual trust through dialogue and communication, expand common interests through mutually beneficial cooperation such as economy, trade and investment cooperation, and promote people-to-people bonds through think tank and media exchanges and other personnel exchanges, so as to bring more benefits to the 2.8 billion people of the two countries. The CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India to foster favorable conditions for improving relations between the two countries.  

Liu said that the current international situation is undergoing profound changes, while the world has entered a period of turbulence and change. This has brought severe challenges to the cause of peace and development. China is willing to work with India to strengthen multilateral cooperation, join hands with the Global South countries to seek strength through unity, jointly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, make the international order more just and reasonable, and contribute to regional peace and stability and world prosperity and development. 

Jaishankar said, India-China relations are of great value to both sides. Maintaining the stable development of bilateral relations is in the common interests of the two countries. As the world's top two most populous countries, India and China share common responsibilities in promoting our own development, promoting the development of other developing countries, and maintaining the international order. India is willing to work with China to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen political dialogue, promote mutually beneficial cooperation, increase personnel exchanges, actively guide the opinions of the two peoples, enhance mutual understanding, expand the positive aspects of bilateral relations, benefit the two countries and peoples, and safeguard the common interests of developing countries, so as to benefit the region and the world. 

Sun Haiyan, Vice-minister of the IDCPC, and Pradeep Kumar Rawat, Indian Ambassador to China, were present.