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Prime Ministers of India Manmohan Singh of India and the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who met on the sidelines of the ASEAN – East Asia summit in Thailand on Saturday, have said that the bilateral relationship between the two nations will remain unaffected from any differences between the two.
The two premiers, who held two hour-long meeting, had held discussions on a large range of issues, but they ‘cautiously’ skipped the discussion regarding Arunachal Pradesh as well as the proposed visit of Dalai Lama to the disputed state.
According to N. Ravi, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Manmohan Singh told Wen that there should be better understanding and trust at the political level so that a "robust and strong" relationship is built between India and China.
"Neither side should allow issues to act as impediment in the growth of our relations," Manmohan Singh said.
In his remarks, Wen concurred with Manmohan Singh's assessment that "our relations should be properly handled through discussions and should not become impediments in bilateral relationship".
