Pertanda lagi bahwa perang antara negara sudah bukan zamannnya lagi..
Yang masih demen membunuh dan saling bebunuhan itu, sekarang ini, terutama orang islam... -- Chinese premier heads to India Li Keqiang's first foreign trip as prime minister aims to help settle border dispute and boost economic ties with India. Last Modified: 19 May 2013 08:39 China says Li's choice for his first trip shows the importance being given to improving ties with India [AFP] China's new prime minister has headed to India for his first foreign trip as the two Asian countries look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old border dispute and strengthen economic ties. China said on Sunday that Li Keqiang's choice of India for his first trip abroad since taking office in March shows the importance the countries attaches to improving relations with its western neighbour. After India, Li's foreign tour will take him to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. "We think very highly of this gesture because it is our view that high-level political exchanges between our two countries are an important aspect and vehicle for our expanded cooperation," Syed Akbaruddin, India's external affairs ministry spokesman, said. Jasjit Singh, a defence analyst and director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in New Delhi, said last month's border standoff between the two countries was unlikely to overshadow Li's three-day visit to India. Singh said Indian and Chinese leaders were likely to review border talks that have failed to produce a breakthrough in the past 10 years despite 15 rounds of discussions. The two sides also will probably discuss working together in Afghanistan after next year's US pullout and cooperating with Southeast Asian countries, he said. Simmering tensions Tensions run high between the two nations. China already sees itself as Asia's great power, while India hopes its increasing economic and military might, though still far below its neighbor's, will eventually put it in the same league. Unresolved border issues between the two nations have flared as well. In last month's incident, India claimed that Chinese troops crossed the countries' de facto border April 15 and pitched camp in the Depsang valley in the Ladakh region of eastern Kashmir. India responded with diplomatic protests, then moved its soldiers just 300 metres rom the Chinese position. The two sides negotiated a peaceful end to the standoff by withdrawing troops to their original positions in the Ladakh area. Gautam Bambawale, a senior Indian external affairs ministry official, said India and China were negotiating a Border Defense Cooperation Agreement, but declined to give details. Indian media reports said the agreement proposes a freezing of troop levels of the two countries in the disputed border region as they make efforts to settle the issue. Shortly after his arrival in New Delhi late on Sunday afternoon, Li is scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, who will host a dinner for him. Delegation-level talks between the two sides are scheduled for Monday. Li will attend a business summit in Mumbai, India's financial capital, among other activities. The border friction last month led to the Indian opposition and the media putting pressure on the government to take on China and call off Li's visit. China has become India's biggest trading partner, with two-way trade jumping from $5bn in 2002 to nearly $75bn in 2011, although that figure declined to $61.5bn last year because of the global economic slump. Source: Agencies [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
