Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam met in New Delhi Monday with visiting Premier Wen Jiabao.  

Kalam said India and China are great countries with long history, adding Wen's ongoing visit to India has made remarkable achievements, and written a new chapter for the friendship between the two countries.

He particularly mentioned the two countries should further cooperate in such fields as science, information and agriculture.

Premier Wen agreed with Kalam's view, saying India has advantages in software, and China is good at manufacturing, and the two sides could work together in the world market.

Wen also agreed with Kalam's proposal on setting up a committee to promote scientific cooperation.

Wen noted China is an agricultural nation, and has some experience in this regard, and would like to share the research results in soil improvement, seeds selection and other fields with India.

(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2005)