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North Korea fires two more short-range missiles
North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ...
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Sri Lankan president to visit China
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping between May 27 and 30, an official said Monday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement at the daily press briefing Monday, reported ...
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India China sign eight pacts
India and China on Monday signed eight pacts, including sharing of information on water flow in the River Brahmaputra. The other pacts are on trade, commerce, education and culture. This followed the delegation-level talks between the visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh here this afternoon. In his press statement, Dr Singh said that the Special ...
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DPRK says missiles launch part of normal military training for self-defense
Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ...
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India seeks market access to lower trade gap with China
India Monday asked China to provide greater market access to help lower the widening trade deficit that rose to $29 billion in 2012. During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced India's concern on the widening trade gap. "I conveyed to Premier Li our concerns about the trade deficit and sought increased market access to China for our exports ...
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India China seek early end to border dispute PM
India and China favour early resolution of their border dispute and want peace to be maintained on the frontier until then, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Manmohan Singh also told the media along with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that they had "wide ranging and candid discussions" on all matters of mutual concern and realised there was "a great deal of meeting of minds". The two ...
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Text of PMs statement on China
Text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement to the media Monday on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India: It is an honour for me to welcome Premier Li on his first official visit to India. It has been an immense pleasure to get to know him personally. I sincerely appreciate his reaching out to me on his first day in office and his choosing India as his first foreign destination as ...
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India China ties essential for Asia world Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that India and China's relationship is essential for stability and prosperity in Asia and the world, while stressing the need "for an early resolution of the boundary dispute. "There are many areas of convergence between us. We agreed that the relationship is of growing significance and essential for peaceful development and stability and prosperity in ...
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Good friends India China can speak with candour Li
India and China were "strategic partners and good friends" that could speak to each other with candour, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday while stressing on discussions on the border issue and river waters. Addressing the media alongside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the visiting premier said the two nations had worked to "maintain tranquillity and peace in the border areas". Describing ...
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Early resolution of boundary question water issue key to improved Sino-India tiesPM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the basis for continued growth and expansion of ties between India and China is peace and tranquility on borders separating the two countries. In a statement delivered at a joint media interaction that followed delegation-level talks between the two countries, Dr. Singh said that during his talks with Premier Li, he had emphasized on the need ...
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