India-China cooperation sought at G20 summit

May 20th, 2009 PRAGUE - The European Union (EU) and China Wednesday hit deadlock at a summit in Prague which had been meant to highlight their reconciliation, as they failed to agree common language on any of the key points dividing them. As the two sides failed to bridge their differences on a number of contentious issues, including Myanmar, North Korea, Taiwan, climate change and trade liberalisation, China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called on the EU to expand 'practical cooperation'.

May 20th, 2009 PRAGUE - The 11th summit meeting between China and the European Union (EU) began Wednesday in the Czech capital. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived here Wednesday to participate in the conference.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There should be high level talks between Brazil, Russia, India and China on a global pact to combat climate change before the first BRIC summit in Russia next month, India's top climate negotiator Shyam Saran said here Thursday. The talks should be at the level of either politicians or senior officials, Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Saran told delegates from all BRIC countries at a summit preparatory meeting organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

April 22nd, 2009 BEIJING - China and France have signed an agreement to extend their cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear power. The three-year agreement, which was signed Tuesday by the heads of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) and the French Atomic Energy Commission, is the 10th agreement of its kind between the two nations.

April 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Thursday launched an India Business Forum (IBF) in China, a lobby to promote bilateral trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. The IBF will act as a forum for promoting India-China trade through collective and consensual approach and will also work with the Indian embassy in Beijing and others towards 'building brand India', the CII said in a statement released here.

April 11th, 2009 PATTAYA - Thai officials decided to cancel a summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Saturday after anti-government protesters broke into the summit venue at Pattaya, a resort town 100 km south of Bangkok. The Thai government said the summit between ASEAN members and six dialogue partners, including China, Japan and India, was postponed and would be held in about two months.

April 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Calling India an important partner in its diplomatic agenda, the US says its looks forward to much more 'fruitful days of cooperation' in facing terrorism and other challenges together. 'US-India - look, we have a very good, broad, substantive relationship with India on a wide range of fronts,' State Department spokesman Robert A.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a quiet but 'powerful' presence at the Group of 20 (G20) summit of world leaders Thursday, British Secretary of State for Business Lord Peter Mandelson said. 'He has such a presence, and he is so widely respected,' Mandelson told IANS.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that China deserves the right to demand more say and representation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Brown told reporters after the G20 summit that China pledged to contribute $40 billion to the international financial institutions, while the European Union (EU) and Japan offered $100 billion respectively.

March 31st, 2009 BEIJING - China declared Tuesday that it desired mutually beneficial cooperation with India and it posed no threat to New Delhi. 'The leaders of China and India have already reached consensus that the two countries will not pose a threat to each other,' Xinhua quoted foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang as telling reporters here.

March 30th, 2009 BEIJING - China and the European Union plan to patch up recent turbulence over Tibet and deepen their cooperation this year to tackle global problems, a top EU diplomat said Monday. 'The moment has come to look forward,' EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said after talks with Chinese officials in Beijing.

March 24th, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese officials Monday said they were willing to back any issue of bonds by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and urged the 'G20' group of major economies to give a greater say to developing nations. 'China supports the IMF's innovative financing attempts, and a more efficient and timely financing mode can effectively ease the IMF's cash shortage,' Hu Xiaolin, vice governor of China's central bank, told reporters.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and India are both hoping that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would meet on the sidelines of next month's summit of Group of 20 leading economies in London. 'We both hope there would be a meeting between the two leaders,' Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said at a press conference here Wednesday after concluding the first high-level interaction with the new Obama administration.

March 11th, 2009 TEHRAN - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Tehran Tuesday to attend the 10th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and discuss plans for a gas pipeline linking the two countries with India. Zardari and his Iranian and Afghan counterparts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hamid Karzai are scheduled to have a trilateral meeting prior to the summit Wednesday on security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and China should share their experiences to develop a sustainable growth strategy for the plastic industry, Minister of State for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Mines B.K. Handique said here Tuesday.