Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Vice President Ansari, Sushma Swaraj
By ANIFriday, December 17, 2010
NEW DELHI - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj here on Friday and discussed a wide range of issues.
On Thursday, the Chinese Premier met Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi.
In his speeches in the Indian capital, Wen reiterated that India and China are not rivals and there is room in the world for both powers to develop.
China is now India’s largest trade partner and two-way trade reached 60 billion dollars this year, up from 13.6 billion dollars in 2004.
Wen announced on Wednesday that Chinese companies would sign 16 billion dollars worth of deals with Indian firms, ranging from power equipment to telecom gear. This underscored that business was driving the relationship, for now.
China is now India’s largest trade partner and two-way trade reached 60 billion dollars this year, up from 13.6 billion dollars in 2004. (ANI)
