Even as China gears up for a change in leadership, Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will make a last-ditch effort to
resolve the boundary dispute between the two nations, before a new regime sets
in.
National Security Adviser (NSA)
Shivshankar Menon is expected to travel to Beijing later this month to meet
China's special representative Dai Bingguo in Beijing to take forward the
boundary talks between the two nations, the 16th of such talks, of which the
last were held in New Delhi in January.
This will be the last of the
boundary talks by Bingguo as the new leadership in China is expected to appoint
a new special representative for boundary talks with India. This will be the last
substantial push that both Jiabao and Singh can give to the boundary issue.
The two leaders met for about 45
minutes and speaking on the boundary issue, Jiabao said that an active dialogue
between special representatives continues, and though differences remain, the
two sides have set in place a joint mechanism to ensure peace and tranquillity
on the border.
Singh met the Chinese Premier in
the Peace Palace on the sidelines of the Asean summit being held here. This was
the 14th time the two leaders met and the bonhomie was pretty apparent.Jiabao
paid a compliment to Singh and said that "it was a memorable experience to
work with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh", according to Foreign Secretary
Ranjan Mathai who briefed the Press yesterday.
Singh said their "dialogue
architecture" had taken into its ambit new areas, with dialogues on
foreign affairs on “central Asia and West Asia”
and engaging on a dialogue on maritime security.
Singh also emphasised on trade
and said: "Trade has seen a rapid build-up, and also people-to-people
contacts, and these important achievements have given a fillip to their
bilateral ties and added to global peace and prosperity.''
China also assured India that it
was aware of the need to balance trade between the two countries, which is
currently heavily loaded in favour of Beijing, and "it will be done
gradually".This was conveyed to
Singh by Jiabao during their bilateral meet.
The India-China bilateral trade
hit a record US$73.9 billion last year.
Simran Sodhi
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