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                Indian, Chinese Leaders Meet to Strengthen Ties

   Chinese Premier Li Kequiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday,
   in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains.
   China says placing India first on the itinerary of new Premiere Li
   Keqiang demonstrates the importance Beijing places on the relationship
   between the two countries.
   The Chinese premier and his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Manmohan
   Singh, are expected to address how to smooth over a lingering border
   dispute - a root cause of their trust deficit.
   The Chinese leader`s visit comes less than two weeks after the two
   sides ended a tense border standoff that began when India strongly
   protested what it called a Chinese incursion into the Ladakh region of
   the Himalayas. Tensions subsided when both sides restored the status
   quo.
   Since then, both countries have made conciliatory moves and indicated
   that the process of settling their unmarked border should be speeded
   up. Numerous rounds of talks since the 1990s have made little headway.
   Although the border dispute will figure more prominently than earlier
   planned, a significant focus of the visit will be the blossoming
   economic ties between the two big, fast-growing Asian economies.
   Premier Li will be accompanied by a large business delegation, and will
   visit the financial hub of Mumbai, where he meets top business leaders
   and visits India`s largest Information Technology company (Tata
   Consultancy Services).
   Indian leaders are likely to urge Premier Li to do more to fix a trade
   deficit. Although bilateral trade grew to $76 billion last year, there
   are concerns in New Delhi that the trade is skewed in China`s favor.
   New Delhi wants more access for its companies in the IT and
   pharmaceutical sectors, where India has an advantage. Indian officials
   say "they hope for results very soon."
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