Beijing, November 5th—Sun Haiyan, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with G. Devarajan, General Secretary of All India Forward Bloc of India and his delegation.

Sun said, as two ancient civilizations, major developing countries, and prominent members of the Global South, China and India are both at critical stages in respective modernization process. Recently, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia, reaching an important consensus on improving and developing China-India relations and charting the course for China-India relations to return to the track of stable development. The CPC is willing to strengthen friendly exchanges with the All India Forward Bloc and other major Indian political parties, deepen exchanges and mutual learning on party governance and state administration, and contribute to the steady improvement of China-India relations.

Devarajan said, maintaining the sound and steady development of India-China relations and strengthening bilateral cooperation are in line with the common interests of both sides and are of vital importance to the two countries and two peoples. The All India Forward Bloc and other Indian left-wing political parties admire the great achievements made by the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC and look forward to strengthening exchanges between the two Parties and promoting India-China friendship.