Xi Jinping nudged Modi on dialogue with Pakistan, says China

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ India and Pakistan are friendly neighbours of China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said as he hoped that the two countries can properly manage and control differences and improve their strained ties. Briefing China’s official media on the outcome of President Xi Jinping’s visit to India last week for the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wang spoke about the Modi-Xi meeting amidst Indo-Pak tensions.

Ahead of the summit at the picturesque town of Mamallapuram near Chennai on October 11-12, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Beijing along with his army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and met President Xi and discussed the Kashmir issue.

Prior to his trip to India, Xi ‘listened to the views and propositions of the Pakistani side in his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Khan’, Wang said in his briefing on Tuesday, without referring the Kashmir issue. This is the first time a top Chinese official spoke about the October 9 meeting between Xi and Khan, which sparked concerns in India.