Li Peng

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

Normal military trade is undoubtedly part of the normal State-to-State relations.

In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.

When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century.

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such.

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.

We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve the anti-terrorism international legal framework.

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.