INDIA, CHINA SHOULD START NEW CHAPTER: CHINESE ENVOY

NEW DELHI: Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui has said it was time for India and China to turn the old page and start a new chapter, stressing that both countries have made a lot of progress at the bilateral level.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen earlier this month, and the two leaders sent a clear message of “reconciliation” and “cooperation”, Zhaohui said on Friday in remarks.

“We should turn the old page and start a new chapter with the same pace and direction.

We should dance together. We should make one plus one eleven. China is the largest trading partner of India...” Luo said.

The Chinese envoy was speaking on the 68th anniversary of founding of the People’s Republic of China.

India and China, who went to war in 1962, share an uneasy relationship and territorial dispute is a major bone of contention between the two countries.