President Hu Jintao met in New Delhi Wednesday with leaders of
the Indian Left parties.
Hu spoke highly of the positive contributions to Sino-Indian
friendship and development of bilateral relations made in the past
years by the leaders that include Prakash Karat of the Communist
Party of India (Marxist), Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan of the Communist
Party of India and Debabrata Biswas of the All India Forward
Bloc.
Hu said both sides should learn from each other and join hands
in cooperation for common development.
He said the Communist Party of China (CPC), China's ruling
party, has kept close exchanges with the Indian Left parties, which
constituted an important component of bilateral relationship.
Hu said the CPC will expand exchanges with these parties and
hoped the Indian parties will continue to play a positive role in
promoting bilateral relations.
Leaders of these parties said Hu's current fruitful visit to
India has made important contributions to strengthening bilateral
relations and it will be a new milestone in the development of
bilateral relations.
They hold that India-China relations are cooperative and
complementary, not competitive.
They said their parties are dedicated to promoting close
relations between the two countries and will strengthen exchanges
with the CPC.
Hu started his state visit to India on Monday as guest of Indian
President Abdul Kalam.
This is the first visit to India by a Chinese head of state in
10 years.
India is the third leg of Hu's four-nation tour, which has
already taken him to Vietnam and Laos, and will also take him to
Pakistan.
He also attended the 14th APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation) Economic Leaders' Meeting from November 17 to 19 in
Hanoi, capital of Vietnam.
(Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2006)
