'Strengthening mutual knot will be a priority', newly appointed Chinese envoy, Sun Weidong checks in India first

New Delhi, July 22: Viewing to resolve to work for building better ties between the two Asian giants, being India and China, the newly appointed Chinese envoy to India Sun Weidong arrived in New Delhi, coordinating with the Indian government for the second informal summit between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping by October.

 

 

"Just arrived at Delhi with my wife Bao Jiqing. Sincere greetings to the Indian people. Look forward to working with Indian government and friends from all sectors for building better China-India relations," he tweeted soon after arriving here.

 

A seasoned diplomat, Sun succeeds Luo Zhaohui, who returned home one and half months back after being appointed vice minister in the China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Known to be an expert on South Asia, Sun had served as China's ambassador to Pakistan from 2013 to 2017.

Addressing a forum here in New Delhi yesterday, Sun said that the ties between India and China were to reach new heights with two strong leaders at the helm.

 

“Under the strategic guidance provided by Xi and Modi at their first informal summit in Wuhan last year, China-India relations have gathered a very good and sound momentum of development”, he said.

 

"This year the two leaders are going to hold another informal meeting. I believe, this will be a top priority in our bilateral relations which will surely take our relations on to new

Heights”, he added.

 

In the Wuhan summit, Modi and Xi decided to issue strategic guidance to militaries of the two countries to strengthen communications to build trust and understanding, a move aimed at avoiding

a Doklam-like situation in the future.