The arrangement of leaders standing near the host also shows the intimacy among nations, Wang said.
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Modi, who arrived here on Friday, said that “a strong India-Vietnam partnership would lead to prosperity, development, peace and stability for our people, and in the wider region”. China calls Pakistan its all-weather and strategic friend, and has refused to support India’s case for imposing United Nations sanctions against Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar, the suspected mastermind of the Pathankot airbase attack.
During the talks, Prime Minister Modi highlighted the menace of terrorism, saying the recent attacks show how it is spreading across the world and is, therefore, a matter of grave concern.
He said India would coordinate with China for positive outcomes at the G20 Hangzhou summit and that he expected President Xi to attend the eighth BRICS summit in India. India has a zero-tolerance policy toward terrorism.
Xi made the remarks when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Vikas Swarup, said the prime minister referred to terrorism emanating from South Asia as “the primary source of instability and the biggest threat to our society and countries”, at an informal gathering of Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) representatives.
Relations between India and neighboring Pakistan have continued to sour ever since Pakistan declared that the Hizbul Mujahedeen terrorist Burhan Wani, who was killed by Indian security forces in Kashmir, was a martyr. He said there was need to improve financial system, boost domestic production, enhance infrastructure investment and create a pool of human capital.
According to the rules, the order usually followed from the front row to the row behind for group photos taken at global meetings is heads of the state (presidents and kings), governmental leader (prime ministers, chancellors) and representatives of worldwide organisations.
“If you read between the lines when we are talking about our strategic interests, concerns and aspirations, it is not that China is unaware of our strategic interests, concerns or aspirations or that we are unaware of theirs”. He alluded to May’s previous stint as Home Secretary and said she was well aware of the dangers of terrorism, Swarup said.
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Earlier in June, China had blocked India’s entry into the nuclear trade grouping, citing its non-signatory status to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
