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China hopes for better ties with India in 2017 by resolving differences over India's
admission into elite Nuclear Suppliers Group and listing of chief Masood as terrorist by the
United Nations as the two nations signed off their most engaging year bogged down by the
twin issues. "This year has seen a steady development of China India relations, with the
two countries marching towards the goal of building a more closely knit partnership for
development," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson told press summing up Beijing's
perception of the outgoing year and its vision of Sino-Indian ties for the next year.
"The leadership of the two countries have maintained frequent contacts" despite the
differences, she said referring to a number of meetings between PM Modi and Chinese
President at multilateral foras like G-20 and BRICS summit. She said that the dialogues and
consultations have been going on in an orderly fashion at all levels and practical
cooperation in various fields has been carried out steadily. "As a close neighbours, it is
natural for our two big countries to have differences, and we have been exploring ways to
resolve them through diplomatic channels. The main theme of China-India relations
remains friendship and cooperation," she said, holding out hope for a more fruitful year for
bilateral ties next year with the resolution of the two major issues.
"For the year 2017, China would like to work with India for better implementation
of the important consensus reached between the leadership, greater political mutual trust,
wider mutually beneficial co-operation, properly management of differences so as to
ensure sustained China India relations," she said. The strength of the deep engagement
between the two sides virtually begins with the New Year as China's second technical hold
on India's application for listing Masood as terrorist under UN's Committee will expire on
December 31. The charge sheet was expected to further India's case for a UN ban against
Azhar.