On December 8, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Guo Jiakun presided over a regular press conference. The press asked a reporter to ask questions. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited India last week, and Putin held talks with Prime Minister Modi. The two leaders called the Russian-Indian relationship a “special strategic partnership”. The two sides signed a series of economic cooperation and strategic cooperation agreements with the goal of diversifying trade and investment relationships by 2030. The defense ministers of the two countries also met and agreed to strengthen exchanges between the two armies. During and before his visit to India, President Putin said that both China and India are close partners of Russia and cherish this relationship. He said that the leaders of China and India are committed to resolving the issues between China and India, and that Russia has no right to interfere in bilateral affairs between China and India. Considering the close relationship between China and Russia, how does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs view Putin's visit and comments on Sino-Indian relations? Guo Jiakun said that China, Russia, and India are all emerging economies and important members of the global South. Maintaining good relations between the three countries not only conforms to the three countries' own interests, but is also beneficial to regional and global peace, security, stability, and prosperity. China is ready to continue to push forward the development of bilateral relations with Russia and India. Guo Jiakun said that with regard to Sino-Indian relations, China is willing to work with India to insist on viewing and handling Sino-Indian relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, promote the continued healthy and stable development of bilateral relations, better benefit the two countries and the two peoples, and make due contributions to maintaining peace and prosperity in Asia and the world at large.

On December 8, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Guo Jiakun presided over a regular press conference. The press asked a reporter to ask questions. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited India last week, and Putin held talks with Prime Minister Modi. The two leaders called the Russian-Indian relationship a “special strategic partnership”. The two sides signed a series of economic cooperation and strategic cooperation agreements with the goal of diversifying trade and investment relationships by 2030. The defense ministers of the two countries also met and agreed to strengthen exchanges between the two armies. During and before his visit to India, President Putin said that both China and India are close partners of Russia and cherish this relationship. He said that the leaders of China and India are committed to resolving the issues between China and India, and that Russia has no right to interfere in bilateral affairs between China and India. Considering the close relationship between China and Russia, how does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs view Putin's visit and comments on Sino-Indian relations? Guo Jiakun said that China, Russia, and India are all emerging economies and important members of the global South. Maintaining good relations between the three countries not only conforms to the three countries' own interests, but is also beneficial to regional and global peace, security, stability, and prosperity. China is ready to continue to push forward the development of bilateral relations with Russia and India. Guo Jiakun said that with regard to Sino-Indian relations, China is willing to work with India to insist on viewing and handling Sino-Indian relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, promote the continued healthy and stable development of bilateral relations, better benefit the two countries and the two peoples, and make due contributions to maintaining peace and prosperity in Asia and the world at large.