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To: RealMuLan who wrote (56715)	11/30/2004 10:29:32 PM
From: Joe S Pack	Respond to of 74559

"The most important event on my agenda," says Chinese Premier about India visit hindu.com By N. Ram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao during a meeting in Vientiane on Tuesday. — PTI VIENTIANE, NOV. 30. India-China relations took another significant step forward today when a 40-minute meeting between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao — at the sidelines of the third India-ASEAN summit in the Laos capital — emphasised the continuity of post-1988 positive policies on both sides while looking forward to an upswing in all areas, including political progress in resolving the boundary question. The Chinese Premier, who confirmed that he would be visiting India in March 2005, told his counterpart that this was "the most important event on my agenda next year," adding "I hope this will send a positive signal throughout the world." Mr. Wen also remarked that "the handshake between you and me will catch the attention of the whole world." The Chinese Prime Minister told his Indian counterpart that it was the conviction of his Government that positive relations between the world's two most populous countries, which had political and economic significance in both regional and global terms, should be expanded in all spheres. Noting that the Sino-Indian boundary question was a complex issue, he remarked: "To be frank, resolving [it]... is by no means an easy task. It calls for confidence and patience." He expressed the view that the complexity of the question and the delay in resolving it should not be allowed to slow down other ingredients of the relationship. Prime Minister Singh concurred with his counterpart on the importance of the Sino-Indian relationship and emphasised the need to expand trade, economic, and technological interactions. Two-way trade between the two countries is reported to be close to $12 billion in 2004. The leaders agreed that there was inadequate people-to-people contact and that steps must be taken to enhance this aspect of the relationship. Observing that the four rounds of special representative talks since the Vajpayee visit to China have done "useful work," Dr. Singh looked forward to further progress along this political route to the resolution of the boundary question. Consistent with long-term Chinese policy, which sees the boundary question as a problem "left over by history" that required "give and take," Premier Wen expressed the hope that the question would be resolved on the basis of "mutual understanding, mutual accommodation, and political will." While broadly agreeing with him, Prime Minister Singh introduced a nuance: "Yes, I agree with you. We should show mutual accommodation. Any accommodation must take into account ground realities." This strengthens the view that when it comes, a politics-in-command solution to the dispute over the 2000-km Sino-Indian boundary, which is divided into three clear sectors, cannot deviate very much from existing ground realities on either side of the border. That is to say, it cannot involve any substantial territorial transfer or exchange. In contrast to earlier occasions, China did not raise Tibet as an issue in the bilateral meeting. In response to the hope expressed by Dr. Singh that the Chinese Government would complete the process of acknowledging Sikkim as part of India, Mr. Wen said "a decision has already been taken" and "we will certainly gradually implement the decision."