![]() “For the sake of stability, for the sake of economic relations. ![]() He said China was committed to the path of peaceful development, addressing concerns in Asia about Beijing’s increasingly assertive territorial claims including in the South China Sea, a vital global trade route.īut the mood was stern when Modi and Xi emerged from a long meeting to address reporters soon after officials confirmed that soldiers had pulled back from their positions in a western Himalayan region claimed by India and China. “A warlike state, however big it may be, will eventually perish,” Xi said in a speech, adding that China believed its neighbors were key to its wellbeing. Robust comments from India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi about the dispute in territory claimed by both Asian giants overshadowed Xi’s pledge of $30 billion investments in South Asia over five years, including $20 billion in India. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands as Xi's wife Peng Liyuan (R) looks on during Xi’s ceremonial reception at the forecourt of India's Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi September 18, 2014. ![]()
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