PM Modi In China: Today was the second day of his informal talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was on a
two- day visit to China had arrived in the central Chinese city, Wuhan On Friday for the summit. He was warmly welcomed at the airport and later met Chinese President Xi Jinping who welcomed him with a warm shake hand and hosted a grand welcoming ceremony for him at the Hubei Provincial Museum.
PM Modi was welcomed with a classical Chinese dance opera performance after which Chinese President Xi took him around some of the most historic art collections and cultural relics of China's ancient civilisation. After the museum walk one-on-one talks were held.
Today, the two leaders
resumed their one-on-one talks. Their day began with a walk around the East Lake and then they went for a ride in a double decker boat and ended their first-ever informal summit with a one-on-one lunch.
The summit is stated to be unique as the two leaders have no pressure and obligation to strike any agreements nor make big announcements but focus mainly on
candid discussions on solutions to some of the vexed problems like the boundary question and other issues.
Here are the highlights of PM Modi's China visit:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for Delhi from Wuhan.
A special menu card has been designed for the private lunch hosted for PM Modi in Wuhan. The card has colors of Indian flag, along with the picture of national bird peacock. According to the sources, President Xi Jinping paid personal attention to small details.
PM Modi posted a lot of pictures on twitter:
Watch: PM Modi, Xi Jinping Relish Bollywood Music In ChinaDuring one of the events lined up for the informal meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were seen enjoying an instrumental rendition of 1982 Bollywood song 'Tu, tu hai wahi dil ne jise apna kaha,' at Wuhan on Friday.
Foreign secretary addresses media on the informal summit between PM Modi and China President Xi Jinping.
- PM Modi is in Wuhan for the informal meeting with President Xi
- Four of the meetings were one-to-one meeting
- here are no agreements for announcements
- There were discussions on bilateral issues of global importance
- They discussed on trade, bilateral issues, strategic military relations
- PM Modi discussed importance of bilateral trade. Also discussed to promote cultural, people to people relations
- Proposals included moving ahead on spirituality, terms on building ties in films, environment etc
- Xi shared his expressions on preservation of Yangtze river
- On sports, performance on international level were discussed
- How to strengthen tourism, holistic health was also discussed
PM Modi, Xi Jinping had tea after a walk along East Lake in Wuhan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping inside a house boat in Wuhan's East Lake.
PM Modi and Xi Jinping take a boat ride after walking around the East Lake-side.
PM Modi and Xi Jinping take a walk around the East Lake, which will be followed by a boat ride.
This morning, pictures of PM Modi's meeting with Xi Jinping were on the front pages of major Chinese newspapers.
PM Modi and Chinese President XI Jinping enjoy an instrumental rendition of 1982 Bollywood song 'Tu, tu hai wahi dil ne jise apna kaha,' at an event in China's Wuhan on Friday.
- PM Modi who is on a two-day visit to china, took a tour of Hubei provincial museum, held delegation level talks on the first day.
- PM Modi said he would be happy to host President Xi for another such round of talks in India next year.
- In his remarks at the delegation-level talks, PM Modi emphasized the global leadership role the "two major powers" India and China could play.
- PM Modi proposed a five point agenda for bilateral ties - common vision, better communication, strong relationship, shared thought process and a shared resolve.