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China Premier Li Keqiang pledges better ties with India Premier Li Keqiang's visit: India and China in border row pledge
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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. Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said India and China must "improve mechanisms" to settle a long-running border dispute, pledging his commitment to "peace and tranquility".
Premier Li said the purpose of his visit was "to increase mutual trust and co-operation and face the future". Premier Li was speaking during a joint address with his Indian counterpart, PM Manmohan Singh, in the capital, Delhi.
"World peace... cannot be a reality without strategic co-operation between India and China," he said. Mr Singh said special representatives from the two countries would meet soon to discuss ways to end the row.
The meeting comes after a recent flare-up in border tensions.
Premier Li arrived in Delhi on Sunday in the first stop of his maiden foreign trip since taking office.
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. During Monday's talks, the two sides discussed trade ties and other bilateral issues and signed eight agreements.
The Chinese leader arrived in Delhi on Sunday in the first stop of his maiden foreign trip since taking office. "We don't deny there are problems between the two sides," Premier Li said. "We need to improve border related mechanisms and make them more efficient," he added.
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. "Both Mr Singh and I believe there are far more interests than differences between our two sides. We need to confront issues with a broad mind, and tackle them in a mature way," he said.
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. PM Singh said India and China had "agreed that our special representatives will meet soon to continue discussions seeking an early agreement on a framework for a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable boundary settlement".
"Peace and tranquillity on our border has to be preserved," he said.
A decades-long border dispute flared up last month after India accused Chinese troops of crossing the countries' de facto frontier.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. 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.
Both sides, however, were keen to ensure that the border spat did not derail a general warming in relations between the neighbours and the two leader talked of "more shared interests than differences".
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. Premier Li said he had agreed to address India's concerns about the size of the trade deficit with China.
On his arrival in Delhi, 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.
During his three-day visit in India, he 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.