China, India pledge to work together to improve ties

Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, held talks with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Russia's St. Petersburg on Thursday, during which the two sides agreed to work together to create conditions for the improvement of bilateral relations.

During their talks on the sidelines of a meeting of the BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters, Wang and Doval discussed the progress made in the recent consultations on border issues. Both sides expressed the belief that the stability of China-India relations is in the fundamental and long-term interests of the two peoples and conducive to regional peace and development.

Both China and India agreed to implement the consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, enhance mutual understanding and trust, maintain continuous communication, and create conditions for boosting bilateral ties.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, stressed that facing a turbulent world, China and India, as two ancient Oriental civilizations and emerging developing countries, should adhere to independence, choose unity and cooperation, and help each other succeed instead of undercutting each other.

Wang expressed hope that the two sides would properly handle their differences pragmatically and find a right way to get along with each other, in order to push the China-India relationship back on track for healthy, stable and sustainable development.

Doval said India and China should focus on their own and common development. He added that he believes the rapid development of the 2.8 billion Indian and Chinese peoples will change the whole world.