At welcome ceremony in Beijing today, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar with Genral Chang Wanquan, Minister of Nat'l Defence & State Councillor of PRC.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today kicked off his first visit to Beijing by holding talks with Chinese counterpart Gen Chang Wanquan stating that India attaches highest priority to its relationship with China and is committed to further develop the ties.
"India attaches highest priority to relations with China and committed to further developing friendly and cooperative relations with China," Mr Parrikar told Mr Chang in his opening remarks before the two delegations started the talks.
Mr Parrikar was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the headquarters of the Chinese military in Beijing by a contingent of PLA soldiers.
Welcoming Mr Parrikar, Mr Wang said, "Hope your visit improve strategic mutual trust between the two armed forces".
After his meeting with Mr Wang, Mr Parrikar will hold talks with Gen Fan Changlong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, (CMC).
In Chinese military hierarchy Gen Fan is ranked higher, as CMC is overall head of the 2.3-million-strong People's Liberation Army (PLA).
He is also due to call on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and visit China's recently integrated western command military headquarters in Chengdu which has jurisdiction over entire borders with India.
During Mr Parrikar's talks today with top Chinese military officials, recurring incidents of incursions, implementation of an agreement to reduce tensions between border patrols and Chino-India strategic concerns are expected to figure.
The two militaries also have strategic concerns over each other's military tie-ups with other countries.
Ahead of Mr Parrikar's visit, China hinted that it may take up the recent decision by India to open up military bases to the US for logistics and efforts to conclude a pact to share aircraft sharing technologies.