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On the emerging close ties between India and US, Hu
said during Premier Wen's visit to India, there will be "a lot
of agreements signed" but this has nothing to do with the
relations India-US ties.
"All relations have international impact, so are
US-India relations and US-China relations. I believe that the
bilateral relations or the trilateral relations should be
sound interaction and they should be mutually re-enforcing,"
Hu said.
Relations between china and India are natural and we
have a bright prospect for future development, he said.
Heading the biggest ever delegation of 400
businessmen, Wen would be arriving in New Delhi on a three-day
visit on December 15 and hold talks with Prime Minister Singh,
President Pratibha Patil, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and
other political leaders before leaving for Pakistan on
December 17.
"Premier Wen's visit to India will not only cover
economy, trade" but also cover a host of issues concerning
bilateral and multilateral areas, he said.
"In multilateral areas, our two countries have
cooperated with each other on addressing major international
issues and regional affairs," he said.
Hu said both China and India are major developing
countries in Asia and it is important that the two countries
have good neighbourly relations for "decent friendship"
Hu said as the bilateral trade was set to reach the
target of USD 60 billion this year, China has emerged as
India's largest trading partner while India has become China's
ninth largest trading partner.
Bilateral cooperation in power generation and
communication, transportation and other infrastructure in
India has become focus areas for China, Liang Wentao, Deputy
Director General of Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese
Commerce Ministry who briefed the media on trade developments
between the two countries said.
"India has become China's largest overseas hyper
market. Bilateral investments have been expanded to software
and other hi-tech areas," he said. PTI