NEW DELHI: Giving a major push to the normalisation process, India and China today decided to resume dialogue on disarmament and non-proliferation and shortly kickstart their maritime dialogue between them.
The two countries had last discussed the disarmament and non-proliferation issue in 2003.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today held wide ranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the RIC (Russia-India-China) foreign ministers’ meet in Moscow.
Official sources said the two ministers also agreed to work out the contours of the dialogue on Central Asia, West Asia andAfrica. They also reviewed the activities chalked out for the ‘Year of India-China Friendship and Cooperation’.
Krishna also raised the case of the Indian traders in Shanghai who are involved in a commercial dispute and suggested that the matter be brought to a speedy and satisfactory resolution.
There was a wide-ranging discussion on various issues which we are on the agenda of the UN Security Council, including on Syria and North Korea. They agreed that it was important for their Permanent Missions in New York to work together on these issues in the next few days.
Meanwhile, the RIC foreign ministers, in a joint communiqué, said it was their common task to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons and contribute activity to strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
The three ministers reaffirmed the need for a comprehensive reform of the UN, including the Security Council, with a view to making it more effective, efficient and representative.Russia and china reiterated the importance they attached to the status of India in international affairs and supported its aspirations to play a greater role in the UN.
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