PM meets Wen Jiabao at ASEAN summit

Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao today shared the view that bilateral relations were in good state and endeavour was to make it”stronger, wider and deeper”.
In his opening remarks, Wen said he cherished working with Singh over the last eight years during which they met for 14 times.

“We established good working relationship and friendship between us. This is reflection of friendship between our two great nations,” Wen said.

“This is possibly the last meeting between us in my remaining tenure,” he said, while referring to the change of leadership in China under which he will demit office in March.

Singh hailed Wen’s personal endeavour to make the bilateral relationship “stronger, wider and deeper”.

He specifically referred to Wen’s two visits to India in 2005 and 2010, saying these helped make the ties “stronger”.

During the first visit in 2005, the two countries established Stra