Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Press Trust of India file photo)
Beijing:
Greeting Indians on the start of the 'Visit China Year' launched in New Delhi, President Xi Jinping said India and China share remarkable complementary advantages and significant potential for cooperation in various fields.
The Chinese and Indian peoples enjoy a long-standing friendship, Mr Xi Jinping said in a letter of congratulation sent to the opening ceremony of the 'Visit China Year' held on Thursday in New Delhi.
The two peoples learn from each other and set a model for cross-cultural communication, playing an important role for the progress of human civilisation, the Chinese president said.
"China and India have remarkable complementary advantages and significant potential for cooperation in various fields," he said.
Both countries should foster traditional friendship, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and make new contributions to world peace and development, he said.
Mr Xi Jinping noted that the launches of 'Visit India Year' in China in 2015 and 'Visit China Year' in India in 2016 were jointly decided by him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visited India in 2014.
The 'Visit India Year' in China in 2015 was very successful, he said.
The Chinese president hoped that the two sides will make further efforts and take the opportunity of the 'Visit China Year' in India to expand cultural and people-to-people exchanges and inject more dynamism into the building of a closer partnership for development between the two countries.
The Chinese and Indian peoples enjoy a long-standing friendship, Mr Xi Jinping said in a letter of congratulation sent to the opening ceremony of the 'Visit China Year' held on Thursday in New Delhi.
The two peoples learn from each other and set a model for cross-cultural communication, playing an important role for the progress of human civilisation, the Chinese president said.
"China and India have remarkable complementary advantages and significant potential for cooperation in various fields," he said.
Both countries should foster traditional friendship, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and make new contributions to world peace and development, he said.
Mr Xi Jinping noted that the launches of 'Visit India Year' in China in 2015 and 'Visit China Year' in India in 2016 were jointly decided by him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visited India in 2014.
The 'Visit India Year' in China in 2015 was very successful, he said.
The Chinese president hoped that the two sides will make further efforts and take the opportunity of the 'Visit China Year' in India to expand cultural and people-to-people exchanges and inject more dynamism into the building of a closer partnership for development between the two countries.
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