Relationship between two Asian giants is enjoying 'very sound momentum'
President Hu Jintao met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, as the leaders pledged to further ties between Asia's two biggest countries.
The meeting between Hu and Singh took place at the conclusion of the BRICS summit in New Delhi.
The two leaders were expected to declare 2012 as the year of India-China friendship and unveil initiatives to boost cultural exchanges and overall contacts.
Details of the talks between the two leaders were not available by press time.
Border issues have formed part of their discussions, Luo Zhaohui, director of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a news briefing on Thursday afternoon.
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President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pose with copies of the BRICS report during the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Thursday. [Photo/Agencies]
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