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Sikkim issue to be resolved: China
Beijing, July 24: China`s ruling Communist Party leadership today assured the Sikkim issue would cease to be an irritant in Sino-Indian relations and that Beijing wanted to build a `long-standing, stable and healthy` relationship with India amid the fast-changing global scenario.
Beijing, July 24: China's ruling Communist Party leadership today assured the Sikkim issue would cease to be an irritant in Sino-Indian relations and that Beijing wanted to build a "long-standing, stable and healthy" relationship with India amid the fast-changing global scenario.
"The ruling CPC leadership has given us an assurance that the Sikkim issue would cease to be an irritant between India and China," Sitaram Yechury, member of the political bureau of Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M) told newspersons.
The assurance on Sikkim was given by the member of the standing committee of the political bureau of the CPC central committee, Wu Guanzheng and other communist party leaders, Yechury said.
Wu and other CPC leaders noted that Chinese and Indian governments have signed relevant agreements concerning Sikkim and Tibet issues during the recent visit of prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to China.
Wu's assurance came a day after Vajpayee made a suo moto statement in Parliament that India has signed a trade protocol with china to add a third border trade point through Nathu-La Pass on the India-China boundary. Vajpayee said that by signing this protocol, New Delhi and Beijing have started the process by which Sikkim will cease to be an issue in India-China relations.
Interestingly, the CPI(M) is the first Indian political party to be invited by the CPC to visit China after Vajpayee's landmark visit to Beijing in late June.
Tomorrow, CPI(M) delegation would leave for Tibet autonomous region, which would be the first visit by an Indian political party to the Himalayan region.
Bureau Report
The assurance on Sikkim was given by the member of the standing committee of the political bureau of the CPC central committee, Wu Guanzheng and other communist party leaders, Yechury said.
Wu and other CPC leaders noted that Chinese and Indian governments have signed relevant agreements concerning Sikkim and Tibet issues during the recent visit of prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to China.
Wu's assurance came a day after Vajpayee made a suo moto statement in Parliament that India has signed a trade protocol with china to add a third border trade point through Nathu-La Pass on the India-China boundary. Vajpayee said that by signing this protocol, New Delhi and Beijing have started the process by which Sikkim will cease to be an issue in India-China relations.
Interestingly, the CPI(M) is the first Indian political party to be invited by the CPC to visit China after Vajpayee's landmark visit to Beijing in late June.
Tomorrow, CPI(M) delegation would leave for Tibet autonomous region, which would be the first visit by an Indian political party to the Himalayan region.
Bureau Report