“The Chinese foreign minister Yang Jia Chi was in Bangalore Tuesday for a bilateral meeting. We are both quite satisfied with the extent of goodwill between us. We are working toward further cordiality between the two countries. The Chinese minister lingered at the dinner in his honor and such gestures indicate the level of relationship between our two countries.”

— S. M. Krishna

Regarding the border issues of China and India, October 29, 2009. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/091028/sm-krishna-india-foreign-minister-kashmir

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