No call on cancelling India-US defence deal after tariff hike: Sources
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, China's foreign ministry welcomed the Prime Minister, stating that the Tianjin Summit is anticipated to be a gathering of solidarity, friendship, and fruitful results.
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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
China stands by India, firmly opposes 50% US tariff & threat to hike it: Envoy
Xu said in the face of such acts, silence or compromise only emboldens the bully. NEW DELHI: With PM Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping set to carry forward the Sino-Indian rapprochement in their upcoming meeting in Tianjin, Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong Thursday backed India on the issue of US tariffs saying China strongly opposed the Trump administration's move to impose 50% tariffs on India for its oil procurement from Russia. Xu said in the face of such acts, silence or compromise only emboldens the bully. "US has imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and even threatened more. China firmly opposes it. China will firmly stand with India to uphold the multilateral trading system with WTO at its core," said the ambassador. He also said the essence of trade was to complement each other's advantages and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, not a calculation of who loses and who gains. He said trade should not become a tool for pursuing individual selfish interests. "US has long benefited gr-eatly from free trade, but now it is using tariffs as a bargaining chip to demand exorbitant prices from various countries," said Xu at an event organised by thinktanks Chintan Research Foundation and Centre for Global India Insights. "The development of China and India has not been completely smooth, but fri-endship and cooperation have always been the main theme. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Benefits of Trading Bitcoin CFDs IC Markets Learn More Undo There might be challenges, but unity and cooperation are our only options," said Xu. His remarks came ahead of Modi's first visit to China in seven years. He will be in Ti-anjin on Aug 31 for SCO summit, on the margins of which he will have bilateral meetings with Xi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of other member-states. The ambassador called for enhancing strategic trust and focusing on common interests. He said economic and trade structures of China and India were complementary. "We'll welcome more Indian commodities into the Chinese market. India has a competitive edge in IT, software and biomedicine, while China is seeing rapid expansion in the fields of electronic manufacturing, infrastructure construction and new energy. The Chinese side welcomes more Indian enterprises to invest in China. It is also hoped that the Indian side could provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for the Chinese enterprises in India, so as to promote common development of industries and benefit the people of the two nations," he said.
Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Beijing attaches 'great importance' to PM Modi's China visit: Key for SCO, bilateral ties, says ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China for the SCO Summit later this month "will be very important", not only for the summit but also for the bilateral ties between the two nations. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on August 19.(AP) He said that China attaches "great importance" to this visit of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on August 31 and September 1. "The visit of Prime Minister Modi to China will be a very important event not only for the SCO but for the bilateral relationship between the two countries. A working group from China and India are preparing to make this visit a successful one. We attach great importance to this visit," Fiehong told reporters. He also mentioned the outcomes of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to India earlier this week, news agency ANI. Wang Yi co-chaired the 24th round of the Special Representatives' dialogue on the Boundary Question between India and China with the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on August 19. He also held bilateral talks with external affairs minister S Jaishankar. The Chinese foreign minister called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on August 19. "This time, during the Chinese FM visit to India, he had a very important talk with Mr Doval on the boundary issue. They reached a consensus on 10 points. Two groups will be set up by our two sides over the border issue. One group will be for border delimitation into appropriate sectors. The second group will focus on proper management of the border and border areas," the Chinese Ambassador said. Feihong further said that the border issue should not define the relationship between India and China, adding that the border issue is one side, and the cooperation between the nations is on the other. In a post X, the Ambassador highlighted the 10 points of consensus from the 24th round of talks between special representatives of China and India on the boundary question. Feihong said the two sides spoke positively of the progress made in implementing the significant leader-level consensus in Kazan. "The two sides reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and tranquility in the border areas, emphasized handling the issue properly through friendly consultations, to promote overall development of the China-India bilateral relationship," he said. "Agreed on the need to take a political perspective of the overall bilateral relationship while seeking a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable framework for settlement of the boundary question in accordance with the Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for Settlement of the China-India Boundary Question signed in 2005," he added. The two sides also agreed to set up a Working Group to advance effective border management in order to maintain peace in the border areas, he said. "Agreed to create General-Level Mechanisms in the Eastern and Middle Sectors, in addition to the existing General-Level Mechanism in the Western Sector, and hold the next round of General-Level Mechanism meeting in the Western Sector at an early date," he added. Feihong said the two sides also agreed to engage border management mechanisms at both diplomatic and military levels. The Chinese Ambassador said the two sides exchanged views on trans-border rivers cooperation and agreed to give full play to the role of the China-India Expert Level Mechanism on Trans-border Rivers and keep communication on the renewal of relevant memorandum of understandings. "Agreed to re-open the three traditional border trading markets, namely Renqinggang-Changgu, Pulan-Gunji and Jiuba-Namgya. Agreed to hold the 25th Round of SR Talks in China in 2026," Feihong added.
NDTV
2 hours ago
- NDTV
PM Modi To Unveil Rs 5,200 Crore Projects In Bengal Today Amid TMC Protests
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Friday to unveil a string of infrastructure projects worth over Rs 5,200 crore and address a public rally in Dum Dum near here in a politically charged backdrop marked by TMC's protests over alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in several states. The prime minister will arrive in Dum Dum on the northeastern fringe of Kolkata from Bihar and first participate in the inauguration of three new Kolkata Metro projects before addressing the party rally, a senior BJP leader said. The tour comes amid a row over constitutional amendment bills about the removal of the prime minister, chief ministers and ministers after arrest on serious criminal charges. TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has branded the proposed legislation as "autocratic", a step "more than a super-Emergency" that will "finish" the independence of the judiciary. On Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha to this effect, triggering uproar from the Opposition before the draft laws were referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament. "I am eager to be among @BJP4Bengal Karyakartas at a rally in Kolkata. With each passing day, public anger against the TMC is increasing. West Bengal is eagerly looking towards the BJP with hope because of our development agenda," Narendra Modi posted on X. In another post, the Prime Minister said, "It is always a delight to be among the people of Kolkata, a city whose development we are greatly committed to. Tomorrow's programmes in the city are mainly focused on connectivity. The metro services, which will be flagged off, include Noapara-Jai Hind Bimanbandar, Sealdah-Esplanade and Beleghata-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay routes. Connectivity to and from the airport as well as the IT hub areas will be enhanced." The chief minister has decided to skip the inauguration of the three new Kolkata Metro projects that the Prime Minister will unveil. "The decision was taken in the backdrop of harassment faced by migrants from Bengal in several BJP-ruled states," a senior TMC leader said. Against this backdrop, the BJP expects the Prime Minister to use his Bengal visit to sharpen the party's counter-narrative, projecting development and infrastructure growth in contrast to what it calls the TMC's "politics of appeasement and identity mobilisation". Banerjee and her party have in recent weeks accused BJP-ruled states such as Assam, Odisha, Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat of detaining and profiling Bengali-speaking migrants, alleging that they are being branded as "illegal Bangladeshis". The TMC has sought to turn this into a Bengali identity plank, a strategy that helped it blunt the BJP's Hindutva pitch in the 2021 assembly elections. On the development front, Modi will inaugurate a 13.61 km-long metro network in Kolkata, marking the first time in 41 years that the city's metro services will directly connect the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport with the rest of the city. He will flag off the Noapara-Jai Hind Bimanbandar metro service from Jessore Road station and undertake a ride on the route. Through video conferencing, he will also launch the Sealdah-Esplanade metro service, slashing travel time between the two points from nearly 40 minutes to just 11 minutes, and the Beleghata-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section, which will bolster connectivity to the IT hub. A newly constructed subway at Howrah Metro Station will also be inaugurated. In addition, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for a 7.2 km six-lane elevated Kona Expressway project worth over Rs 1,200 crore. The expressway is expected to significantly cut travel time between Howrah and the surrounding rural areas, and Kolkata, providing a major boost to trade, commerce and tourism. The BJP's Bengal unit is banking on Modi's rally in Dum Dum to energise its cadres ahead of the electoral battle in 2026, while the TMC is expected to sharpen its attack on what Banerjee has termed the "double assault" of migrant profiling and constitutional overreach.
