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Paper No. 5431

Dated 21-Mar-2013

By B. Raman In his first visit abroad as the President of China since assuming office on March 14, 2013, Mr. Xi 22-30 and attend the fifth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit on March 26-27 in Durban, South Africa. In the margins of the summit, he is scheduled to have bilateral talks with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Jinping is scheduled to visit Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo from March

2. The PLA Daily of March 21 has carried a report disseminated by the official Xinhua news agency the previous day on an interaction which Xi had before his visit with representatives of the Chinese media as well as media representatives of the BRICS countries based in Beijing.

3. In addition to Xis views on the importance of BRICs as an economic co-operation organization, the Xinhua report as published by the PLA Daily highlights the views expressed by Xi on Sino-Indian relations.

4. To quote from the Xinhua report as published by the PLA Daily: On Sino-Indian ties, Xi said, to jointly follow a path of peaceful development and development through cooperation not only meets the common interests of China and India, the two largest developing countries in the world, but also does a great service to Asia and the world at large. Speaking highly of the important headway in bilateral ties in recent years thanks to concerted seize the opportunities and take solid steps to bolster cooperation and exchanges in all fields, accommodate each other's core concerns and properly handle their problems and differences.

efforts of the two sides, Xi urged both countries that are pursuing development at a faster pace to

On the boundary problem, Xi said it is a complex issue left from history, and solving the issue won't be easy. But he said he believes "as long as we keep up our friendly consultations, we can eventually arrive at a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement."

"Pending the final settlement of the boundary question, the two sides should work together to the overall development of bilateral relations," the President added.

maintain peace and tranquility in border areas and prevent the boundary question from affecting

5. Two significant points in his observations need to be underlined. Firstly, he talks of Chinas interests and major concerns when they talk of Chinas relations with the US, Japan and the

core concerns vis--vis India and not core interests. Xi and other Chinese leaders talk of core ASEAN countries. When they talk of core interests and major concerns, they have in mind Taiwan

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