Wen holds talks with Shekhawat

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called on Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday.

During the 45-minute meeting, Wen said that increased cooperation and friendship between India [ Images ] and China will have its impact on the whole world, an official release said.

The Chinese premier, who was accompanied by a delegation, said his visit was aimed at increasing mutual understanding and strengthening friendship and wanted to initiate a 'new chapter' in the history of Indo-China relation.

Shekhawat recalled the close 'cultural and friendly' relations spanning over centuries between the two countries, the release said.

The vice-president suggested that close economic relations between the two nations have immense possibilities for development.

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