Strategic communication has improved, Narendra Modi tells Xi Jinping 

Bishkek (Kyrgzstan): Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that strategic communication had improved between India and China which has led to resolution of some long-pending issues including declaring JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. He also hoped that there will be a significant uptake in India’s exports to China due to ease in regulatory processes. The two met on the sidelines of the SCO summit here and agreed that there is a new momentum in the bilateral relationship since the Wuhan summit in April last year.

President Xi said China has simplified some regulations related to import of certain goods from India to address the trade imbalance and further steps will be taken in this direction. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the Prime Minister specifically noted that what had improved between the two sides was “strategic communication at all levels”.

Modi told Xi that the two countries have been able to resolve, through strategic communication, long-pending issues like the opening of a Bank of China branch in India as well as resolution of the issue of listing of Azhar in the 1267 sanctions committee. Modi invited Xi for an ‘informal Summit’ in India this year. Xi accepted the invitation and said he looks forward to the visit to strengthen the relationship. (IANS)

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