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China said though there are some issues but freindship with India will prevail over differences. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China has vowed to work with New Delhi to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and ensure steady growth of bilateral ties.
She said China-India strategic partnership of cooperation has made all-round progress these years. The two countries are marching toward the goal of building a closer partnership of development.
Hua was reacting to Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar’s remarks that sanctioning of well-known terrorist leaders and organisations besides developmental issues like access to cooperation and investments in the field of civil nuclear energy should not emerge as points of difference with a partner like China.
Jaishankar was referring to China blocking India’s bid to get a UN ban on Pakistan-based terrorist and JeM chief Masood Azhar as well as Beijing scuttling India’s entry in the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Jaishankar had said that China is expected to be appreciative of India’s interests, especially when they are not in conflict with those of Beijing, and noted that it is imperative for the future of Asia and the world, that the two nations approach each other with strategic maturity.