India-China Ten Point Declaration: Highlights
Dated 21/11/2006
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Following are the highlights of the joint declaration issued after the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao today.
The two sides committed themselves to a ten-pronged strategy to enhance ties. They are:
1. Ensuring comprehensive development of bilateral
relations
.. Hold regular summit-level meetings.
.. Open additional consulate general offices at
Kolkata and Guangzhou.
2. Strengthening institutional linkages and dialogue
mechanisms
.. Concerned ministries shall intensify exchanges
under the existing dialogue mechanisms.
3. Consolidating Commercial and Economic Exchanges
.. Endeavour to raise volume of bilateral trade to
40 billion dollars by 2010
4. Expanding all round Mutually Beneficial Cooperation
.. Agree to fully implement the provisions of the
Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the
field of Oil and Natural Gas.
.. Strengthen cooperation in the information and
communication technology sector.
.. Set-up expert-level mechanism to exchange flood
season hydrological data.
5. Instilling mutual trust and confidence through
Defence Cooperation
.. Fully implement provisions of MoU for exchanges
and cooperation in the field of Defence signed on
May 29, this year
6. Seeking early settlement of outstanding issues
.. Committed to resolve outstanding differences,
including boundary through peaceful means in a
fair, reasonable, mutually acceptable and
proactive manner.
.. Joint Working Group on the boundary issue to
expedite work
7. Promoting trans-border connectivity and cooperation
.. China to provide greater facilitation to Indian
pilgrims for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. Explore
possibility of opening additional route.
8. Boosting cooperation in science and technology
.. Expansion of civil nuclear cooperation.
.. Strengthen cooperation in the use of space-based
technologies.
9. Revitalising cultural ties and nurturing people-to-
people exchanges.
.. Organise 'Festival of India' in China and
'Festival of China' in India.
.. Establish India-China Exchange Foundation.
.. Launch new Educational Exchange Programme
.. Organise the India-China Year of Friendship
through Tourism in 2007.
10. Expanding Cooperation on Regional and International
Stage
.. Shall positively assess the trilateral dialogue
mechanism among India, China and Russia.
.. Revitalise and broaden India-China dialogue
mechanism on counter-terrorism.
.. Share developmental experiences with other
developing countries and the international
community through two-part seminar in New Delhi
and Beijing
.. Strengthen cooperation in the World Trade
Organisation.
.. India to continue to abide by 'One China' policy
.. India reiterates its recognition of the Tibet
Autonomous Region as part of China and not to
allow Tibetans to engage in anti-China political activities in India.
