Chinese foreign minister says India and China must see each other as partners not rivals

Описание: (8 Mar 2026)
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Beijing - 08 March 2026
1. Wide of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the news conference
2. Mid of a reporter asking a question
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister:
"First, we must maintain the correct strategic perception of each other as partner, rather than rival. An opportunity instead of threat. Second, we must uphold good neighborliness and friendship and jointly safeguard peace and stability in the border areas."
4. Mid of a reporter asking a question
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister:
"Mutual trust and cooperation is beneficial to the development of the two countries, while division and confrontation is detrimental to the rejuvenation of Asia. The two sides should follow the direction set by our leaders, remove interference and advance toward the same goals."
6. Close of reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister:
"In August last year, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a successful meeting in Tianjin, building on the fresh start enabled by their Kazan meeting in 2024. It brought about further improvement in China-India relations."
8. Wide of the news conference
STORYLINE:
China's Foreign Minister said on Sunday that India and China should view each other as "partners" not "rivals”.

“An opportunity instead of threat. Second, we must uphold good neighborliness and friendship and jointly safeguard peace and stability in the border areas,” Wang Yi said to the media on the sidelines of an annual meeting of China’s ceremonial legislature.

The top-ranking diplomat told reporters that both countries “should follow the direction set by our leaders, remove interference and advance toward the same goals.”

"Mutual trust and cooperation is beneficial to the development of the two countries, while division and confrontation is detrimental to the rejuvenation of Asia," Wang added at the news conference.

He also commented on last August's meeting between Chinese President Xi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin, a regional political, economic and security group founded by China.

"It brought about further improvement in China-India relations."

Wang Yi met with Modi August last year to ease tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a years-long standoff between the Asian powers.

In 2024, Xi and Modi met on the sidelines of a BRICS Summit in Russia and announced a border accord aimed at ending a then four-year-old standoff involving tens of thousands of their soldiers in mountainous Ladakh.

AP video by Tian Macleod Ji

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