On the last day of the ‘informal summit’ between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping, no big deals were signed.
“No agreements or announcement on Summit, bilateral relationships, strategic and long-term partnership were looked at during meet, “said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.
On the second and last day of the informal summit, the two leaders were seen riding on a house boat and chatting over tea – a ‘chai pe charcha’ moment.
According to a report in the Business Standard, Modi and Xi Jinping discussed co-operation on trade and technology and films, focus on people-to-people contact, discussed trade, tourism and climate change.
According to Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, “no agreements or announcement on Summit, bilateral relationships, strategic and long-term partnership looked at during meet.” ‘
India-China have the maturity to handle problems, special representatives will deal with border issues, PM Modi spoke on balancing trade’, MEA Gokhale said.
“Co-operation on trade and technology and films, focus on people-to-people contact, discussed trade, tourism and climate change. PM Modi and President Xi also recognised the common threat posed by terrorism both reiterated their strong condemnation of a resolute opposition to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Both committed to cooperate further in counter-terrorism”, he added.
According to sources, India and China are likely to undertake joint economic project in Afghanistan.