Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday described the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to India as significant saying that not only is China India's biggest neighbour but the trade between the two has been expnading very fast . He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi on Tuesday. Wen Jiabao is leading a high level delegation to India for a three day visit starting tomorrow. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia termed the relationship between India and China as one of potential.He said in India and China have a lot of common interest in economic area. Our correspondent says that the trade between the two countries is heavily in favour of China. This is one of the issues likely to figure in the talks Wen Jiabao will have with the Indian leaders.
News On AIR | December 14, 2010 8:31 PM
Pranab describes Chinese PM’s visit to India as significant