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| China Premier Li Keqiang pledges better ties with India | |
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| China's Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to build trust with India where he is meeting his counterpart Manmohan Singh after a recent flare-up in border tensions. | |
| Premier Li said the purpose of his visit was "to increase mutual trust and co-operation and face the future". | |
| "World peace... cannot be a reality without strategic co-operation between India and China," he said. | |
| The two neighbours are the world's two most populous countries. | The two neighbours are the world's two most populous countries. |
| Monday's talks are expected to involve trade ties and other bilateral issues. | |
| The Chinese leader arrived in Delhi on Sunday in the first stop of his maiden foreign trip since taking office. | The Chinese leader arrived in Delhi on Sunday in the first stop of his maiden foreign trip since taking office. |
| On his arrival, Premier Li said said his decision to choose India for his first foreign visit since taking office "indicates the great importance Beijing attaches to its relations" with Delhi. | On his arrival, Premier Li said said his decision to choose India for his first foreign visit since taking office "indicates the great importance Beijing attaches to its relations" with Delhi. |
| At an informal meeting on Sunday night, Mr Singh told Mr Li that a recent military standoff on the Himalaya border could affect relations between the two countries. | At an informal meeting on Sunday night, Mr Singh told Mr Li that a recent military standoff on the Himalaya border could affect relations between the two countries. |
| A decades-long border dispute flared up last month after India accused Chinese troops of crossing the countries' de facto frontier. | |
| The dispute over the territory in the Ladakh region has dogged the two countries since the 1950s. | The dispute over the territory in the Ladakh region has dogged the two countries since the 1950s. |
| A BBC correspondent in Delhi says both sides, however, are keen to ensure that the border spat does not derail a general warming in relations between the neighbours and officials say trade ties are expected to dominate the talks. | |
| China is already one of India's top trading partners and both countries have already agreed a new $100bn (£65bn) bilateral trade target for 2015. | China is already one of India's top trading partners and both countries have already agreed a new $100bn (£65bn) bilateral trade target for 2015. |
| During his three-day visit in India, Premier Li is also expected to meet Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha [the lower house of Indian parliament] Sushma Swaraj. | During his three-day visit in India, Premier Li is also expected to meet Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha [the lower house of Indian parliament] Sushma Swaraj. |
| He is also scheduled to address university students in Delhi and business leaders in Mumbai, India's financial capital, before travelling on to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. | He is also scheduled to address university students in Delhi and business leaders in Mumbai, India's financial capital, before travelling on to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. |