英语文摘:Indian PM, Chinese vice premier agree to further Sino-Indian cooperation

NEW DELHI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Saturday agreed that India and China should further their cooperation in all fields.

During his meeting with Singh, Hui conveyed cordial greetings from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Singh. He also highly evaluated the Sino-Indian relations.

Hui said that in recent years, China and India have maintained comprehensive and fast growing momentum of their relations, which he said is the result of high degree attention paid by and personal efforts, made by the leaders of the two countries, as well as that of sustained efforts which have been made by the two countries for many years.

He said that the Chinese government always look at and make decision on Sino-Indian relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective, and has been committed to further deepening Sino-Indian strategic partnership of cooperation.

Hui said that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India, at a time when Sino-Indian relations stay at a new historical start point and face rare opportunities of development.

He said that China is willing to make common efforts with India in strengthening concrete cooperation in all fields and expanding the merging point common interests of the two countries, in order to instill new meaning and stimulus to the Sino-Indian strategic cooperative relations which are oriented towards peace and prosperity.

Indian Prime Minister Singh asked Hui to convey his cordial greetings to Premier Wen Jiabao.

He said that Indo-Chinese strategic cooperative partnership has taken on a global significance, and it conforms not only with the interests of development of the two countries, but also would contribute to peace and prosperity of Asia and the world at large.

Singh said that the Indian government will join hands with the Chinese government in pushing forward exchanges and cooperation between the two countries at all levels and in all fields, to make more fruitful such a cooperation.