Chinese Primer Zhu Rongji Friday concluded his five-day official visit to India and left Bangalore for China.
Senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Karnataka State Government as well as Chinese Ambassador to India Hua Junduo saw him off at the airport.
During his stay in India, Zhu Rongji held talks with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on bilateral relations as well as international and region situation. Both sides agreed that China and India have much more consensus than disagreement, much more common interests than differences.
Both sides stressed that any disputes between them will not affect the normal development of bilateral ties and they should resort to friendly consultation to resolve such disputes.
On relations between India and Pakistan, Zhu repeated China's position on the issue, noting that as a friendly neighbor of both countries, China sincerely hopes both sides can resolve their disputes through consultation and other peaceful methods.
Political analysts in India noted that the Chinese Premier's visit to India has been a success and has greatly advanced relations between China and India.
(Xinhua News Agency January 18, 2002)
