PM meets Wen Jiabao in Hanoi
India Blooms News Service
Hanoi, Oct 29 (IBNS) The Indian camp keeps fingers crossed over the possible outcome of the meeting between top politicians of the world's two most populated nations when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao here on Friday.
The two leaders are expected to talk face to face on the sidelines of the East Asia summit.
The meeting is very significant from the point of discussions as the Chinese leader is scheduled to visit India late this year.
The agenda might focus, among other things, on the controversial issue of stapled Chinese visas to Kashmiris and Sino-India economic ties.
India has also concerns about Chinese projects in the Pak occupied Kashmir(PoK).
China started the practice of issuing stapled visas about two years back and the issue triggered a major row in July this year when Beijing offered such a visa to India's Northern Area Commander Lt Gen BS Jaswal.
India responded by suspending high-level defence exchanges for which Lt Gen Jaswal was supposed to travel Beijing and made it clear that it would remain on "pause" till China reverted to its earlier position on Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting between Singh and Jiabao will be the first top level contact since the July incident.
China clarified that it would not relent on the issue of stapled visas to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Setting his point clear to tear apart all vague issues before meeting with the Chinese Prime Minister, Singh said in Malaysia on Wednesday that there was "enormous" possibility of India and China working together as the world has enough space to accommodate the growth ambitions of both the countries.
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