Defence Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee met the Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing of the Peoples’ Republic of China at New York yesterday. During the meeting, both leaders agreed that the pace at which bilateral relations were developing was very encouraging, and that the two sides should maintain efforts to ensure that this important relationship continues to develop. They said that frequent high-level contact was playing a significant role in adding momentum to the development of the bilateral relationship. In this context, they recalled the very successful visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to India in April 2005, and agreed to make efforts to ensure that the planned visit of President Hu Jintao to India would be a milestone in the bilateral relationship.
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