Wang Yi: China, India should work to ensure ties move forward on healthy, stable track

China and India should view their relations from a strategic perspective, strengthen communication and resolve differences to ensure that bilateral ties move forward on a healthy and stable track, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, made the remarks when meeting with India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.

Wang said China is ready to explore the right way for the two neighboring countries to get along, abiding by the series of important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, with mutual respect, mutual understanding, mutual trust, mutual care and mutual success.

The two sides should properly handle and control the situation in the border areas on the one hand, and actively resume normal exchanges on the other, so as to reinforce each other and work with each other in the same direction, said Wang.

China and India, as two ancient civilizations, major developing countries and emerging economies, are both at a critical juncture of national revitalization. Adhering to good-neighborly relations meets in the fundamental interests of the two countries, he added.

The Chinese foreign minister urged the two sides to jointly oppose unilateral hegemony and confrontation, and safeguard the common interests of developing countries as they are both Global South countries.

Jaishankar said that India and China share a wide range of common interests, and the development of stable and predictable bilateral ties is in the interest of both sides and will also benefit the region and the world.

India hopes to work together with China to turn a new page in India-China relations as soon as possible and constructively resolving specific differences.

The two foreign ministers agreed to work towards the stabilization of the border area and to hold a new round of consultations on the border issue at an early date.

(Cover: A file photo of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. /Chinese Foreign Ministry)