Beidaihe meet to focus on Sino-Indian ties

BEIJING, JULY 30. China's top leadership, gathering at the seaside resort of Beidaihe, is expected to comprehensively review Beijing's relations with major and emerging powers, including India, diplomatic sources here said.

The Beidaihe conclave will also draw up plans to further consolidate Beijing's diplomatic influence in shaping world affairs in the new millennium, the sources added.

One of the major goals of this year's conclave is to take stock of China's gains on the diplomatic front during the past one year, an Asian diplomat commented on the annual summer leadership meeting at Beidaihe.

Since the early 1980s, the Chinese leadership has held meetings at Beidaihe, 300 km east of Beijing, every August to plan economic, political and diplomatic strategies for the coming year.

Diplomatic sources say Sino-Indian ties are expected to figure in this year's diplomatic agenda since the Chinese Premier, Mr. Zhu Rongji, is expected to pay an official visit to India later this year, which could put these relations on a firm footing in the new millennium.

Moreover, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, has just completed his first official visit to India during which he held wide-ranging talks with the Indian leadership on a number of bilateral, regional and international issues of common concern.

- PTI

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