Foreign Ministry: The most important consensus from the China-India leaders' meeting is that China and India should be partners

On September 14, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that the most important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Modi on the development of ChinaIndia relations during their meeting in New Delhi was that China and India should treat each other as partners. Guo Jiakun said that both sides believed this meeting was a reaffirmation of the continued forward development of bilateral relations. The Chinese side stressed that the two countries have different national conditions, but can achieve common development through mutual support, drawing on each other’s strengths and pursuing winwin cooperation. The Indian side said it adheres to an independent foreign policy and that the development of relations with China is not affected by any third party. The two sides also agreed that, as the two most populous countries in the world and important members of the Global South, China and India should place development at the top of their agenda, expand friendly exchanges and pragmatic cooperation, properly handle differences, safeguard peace and stability in border areas, and strengthen coordination on multilateral platforms such as BRICS, in order to promote Global South cooperation and the process of world multipolarization.