PM Modi, President Xi Jinping Issue Joint Statement: Highlights

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held summit talks in Delhi today for 90 minutes, more than the allotted time. (Live updates)

"There should be peace in our relations and at the borders. If this happens we can realise true potential of our relations," Mr Modi said later, amid a stand-off in Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese soldiers are locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation at the border.

Here are the highlights:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

• I attach great importance to relations with China. Both are ancient civilizations and have equally historical ties.
• China is India's largest neighbour - we are the two most populous countries in the world.
• There should be peace in our relations and in the borders. If this happens we can realise true potential of our relations.
  
• Respect for each others' sensitivities and concerns and, peace and stability in our relations and along our borders are essential. (Border Face-Off Shadows PM Modi's Talks With Chinese President Xi)
  
• In the past two days, we have had the opportunity to speak about all levels of engagement between India and China in Ahmedabad and in Delhi.
• I have expressed my concern over trade imbalance -- requested easy market access and investment opportunities for Indian companies in China. (MoUs with China will Further Enrich Bilateral Ties: Narendra Modi)
  
• We have decided to cooperate in the field of railways and we'll begin talks on civil nuclear cooperation.
• I invited Chinese investment in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. (Xi Jinping's India Visit Highlights Changing Power Dynamics)
  
• I am glad that two Chinese industrial parks will be built in India.
• Five-year economic and trade development plan is an important step.
• Thankful to President Xi that he has agreed to a new route for the Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage via Nathu-la.
• Have expressed my concern over the incidents on the border and said it is important to resolve them. (Need to Clarify Border, Resolve Dispute Quickly, Says PM Modi Amid Border Stand-off)
  
• Our confidence building measures have helped but I also suggested that for peace and stability we need to clarify LAC. This has been held up for many years and needs to be restarted.
  
• Increased cooperation on countering terrorism and issues of mutual benefit.
  

Chinese President Xi Jinping:

• It is a great pleasure to be visiting India
• This visit is a historic opportunity to renew ties between India and China (India and China Look to Put Knotty Relations on New Footing)
  
• We're truly happy to see what you have achieved in this country and hope under the leadership of PM Modi, India will achieve greater progress.
• PM Modi and I had an in-depth discussion on how to raise our cooperation to a higher level.
• China and India are two important forces in an increasingly multi-polar world
• Both India and China in process of national rejuvenation; should strive together towards development. (China, India Should Take Strategic Partnership to Higher Plane: Xi Jinping)
  
• I have invited Modi to visit China early next year.
• Two sides agreed to align development strategies. (Chinese President Xi Jinping Begins India Visit, Three Pacts Signed in Gujarat)
  
• China and India will act as twin engines in spearheading economic growth in the region.
• China and India are important neighbours for each other.
• China-India border issue is an issue left over from history.
• Two sides are fully capable of acting promptly to manage incidents on the border.
• China has the determination to work with India to settle the boundary question at an early date.
• When China and India will speak with one voice, the whole world will notice. (India, China Cooperation Will Help Develop the World: PM Narendra Modi)
  
• China to invest $20 Billion in India in 5 years.