India and China scripted a new chapter in their ties yesterday as Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh candidly discussed the recent border row and decided to take steps for an early resolution to a dispute that triggered a war in 1962. Li, making Delhi his first halt in his foreign trip after assuming power in March, and Singh also agreed that the world’s two most populous nations and biggest economies had a lot in common despite some known differences. Singh told the media along with Li that they held “wide ranging and candid discussions” on all matters of mutual concern and realised that there was “a great deal of meeting of minds.”

‘A big stride forward’: Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday u00a0described the consensus reached on various issues between China and India as "a big stride forward" and called for conducting dialogue in a “mature and sensible way”. Pic/AFP