Top leaders of China, India and Myanmar have exchanged congratulatory messages on the 60th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, extended his warm congratulations and best wishes to his counterparts — Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Myanmar President U Thein Sein, as well as their governments and people. The Chinese President told the 700-strong congregation in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing that,“hegemony or militarism is not in the genes of the Chinese”. “China will unswervingly pursue peaceful development because it is good for China, good for Asia and good for the world,” Xi said. China, India and Myanmar had signed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in 1954. “The peaceful, cooperative and inclusive development path jointly adopted by China and India” is conducive to “peace, stability and development of Asia and the world”, Xi said. China and India share a 2,000-km-long border that has never been formally delineated. The two countries began discussing border issues in the 1980s. Despite the historical border dispute, the two nations will pursue peaceful rise, said Xi quoting Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, “if you think friendship can be won through war, spring will fade away before your eyes” - The Brics Post thebricspost/china-india-aiming-for-inclusive-development-xi/#.U7EovPmSySo
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:59 +0000
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