Beijing: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has a ‘whole lot of problems’ with China, Beijing today said it will be in “dialogue with New Delhi to find a fair, sensible and mutually acceptable solution” to the contentious issues.
"Common interests between the two countries far outweigh their differences. The Chinese side will work with the Indian side to steer the bilateral relations, and deepen cooperation in different fields," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
"As for problems in the bilateral relations, the Chinese side will stay in communication and dialogue with the Indian side to find a fair, sensible and mutually acceptable solution," he said, referring to Modi's remarks.
The spokesman further noted that the “China-India relationship is in a generally good state”.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry reaction came in the wake of PM Modi’s remark that “India has multiple (pending) problems with China, but dialogue was the only way forward”.
"We have an ongoing dialogue with China and it should continue to happen. We don't have one problem with China, we have a whole lot of problems pending with China. There are so many issues," Modi had said. "But the most important thing is that we can speak to China eye-to-eye and put forth India's interests in the most unambiguous manner."
China lobbying for MTCR membership
On India getting the membership of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) ahead of China, Hong said, "We have noted that some of the multilateral export control regimes have changed in one way or another. With that in mind, China is assessing the effectiveness of the MTCR in safeguarding the international non-proliferation regime."
China is yet to be inducted into the 34-member MTCR regime. India became 35th member yesterday.
Reports say China, which blocked India's membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), is lobbying to become member of the MTCR group.
The MTCR restricts the proliferation of missiles, rocket systems, unmanned air vehicles, or drones, and the technology for systems capable of carrying a payload of 500 kilograms for at least 300 kms.
With PTI Inputs
