On March 20, 2018, President Xi Jinping held telephone talks at request with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
Narendra Modi first warmly congratulated Xi Jinping again on his election as Chinese President, and expressed that Xi Jinping’s election proves again that he enjoys the support of the whole Chinese people. Both India and China are ancient civilizations with global influence. India is willing to work with China to intensify high-level exchanges, deepen bilateral relations, and strengthen coordination and cooperation in international affairs, so as to boost the closer development partnership between the two countries for greater progress and promote global and regional peace and development.
Xi Jinping thanked Narendra Modi for his congratulations, and pointed out that the just-concluded “Two Sessions” of China have achieved a great success. The sessions elected new state organs and leaders of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, approved constitutional amendment and other important proposals, and launched the institutional restructuring of the State Council. China will further deepen its reform and expand opening up. China, while realizing its own development, will make greater contributions to the common development and progress of the world.
Xi Jinping stressed that both as large developing countries and major emerging market economies, China and India are staunch forces to promote world multi-polarization and economic globalization. Over the past few years, I have met with Mr. Prime Minister for many times to determine that China and India will build a closer development partnership to push forward bilateral cooperation in various areas for substantial development. For a period of time, China-India relations have enjoyed a momentum of positive development with the deepening of practical cooperation and increasingly active non-governmental friendly exchanges. China stands ready to make joint efforts with India to maintain such a sound momentum. I would like to enhance communication with Mr. Prime Minister on the overall, long-term and strategic issues in China-India relations as well as global and regional situation, so as to enhance political mutual trust between the two countries, provide important guidance for the development of bilateral relations and continue elevating the development level of China-India relations.