Beijing: China and India have recently reached several consensus, including India expressing its full support for the presidency in rotation of China of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the two parties agreeing to resume direct flights between The Chinese continent and India, and facilitate staff, according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
The Chinese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong and the Indian Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, held the dialogue of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China-India-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Monday. The meeting focused on the continuation of the implementation of the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries during the meeting in Kazan and discussing measures to improve and develop China-India, according to a press release from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
The two parties have reached consensus on several questions. Among these consensus, the Indian part will extend full support for the Chinese presidency of the Shanghai cooperation organization and will actively participate in meetings under the aegis of the OCS.
The two parties have agreed to carry out active interactions at all levels on bilateral and multilateral occasions, strengthen strategic communication and improve mutual political confidence, according to the press release.
The two parties agreed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the creation of diplomatic relations between China and India in 2025, and to exchange media and reflection groups, Dialogues II of track II and Other exchanges from people to people, he read.
Hu Zhiyong, professor of the Zhejiang International Studies University and also a researcher at the Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai Social Sciences, told the Global Times that the consensus reached by both parties has shown that at this time , the two parties were common interest to stabilize bilateral links and eliminate obstacles for additional cooperation, because there will be uncertainties and challenges in 2025 which will require that both sides work together.
“Although the two countries have had friction and tensions in different fields in recent years and that New Delhi has imposed numerous sanctions or strict measures to target certain Chinese companies that operate in India, business data between The two countries prove that cutting China is impossible and Indian decision -makers have realized that the approach to confrontation against China is wrong and unsustainable, “noted Hu.
The Indian Media Economic Times reported on January 15 that “India depends strongly on Chinese imports, the country’s trade deficit of $ 85.1 billion during the year 2024. China was the main source of ‘Import from India with $ 65.89 billion, or 9.8% year – Increased failure between April -October, 2024. “However, India exports to China” fell 9 , 37% at 8 billion dollars during the same period for the financial year, ”according to data from the Ministry of Commerce of India.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the meeting on Monday, the two parties agreed to resume direct flights between the Chinese continent and India, support the competent authorities of the two countries to coordinate them and to make it advance, And to take measures to facilitate the flows of staff and exchanges of resident journalists.
The two parties agreed to resume the visit of the Indian pilgrims in Kalash Mansarovar in the autonomous region of Xizang, in China in 2025, and will discuss the relevant arrangements as soon as possible.
The two parties have also agreed to advance cooperation in the cross-border river and maintain communication on the holding of a new series of meetings of the level of expert level in China-India on cross-border rivers on an early date, according to the press release.
Hu said that the obstacles to the exchange of people to the person were not unilaterally fixed by China, and now it is the right decision for India to remove them and correct this error.
