"We welcome the Chinese president to Gujarat. But the Centre should not forget the bad experience when we had extended our hand of friendship (to China) at the time of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and during A B Vajpayee's tenure as the PM," Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela said here today.
"Our experience with China has been negative. We cannot trust them," he said, adding that though talks should continue, the government has to be cautious in dealing with China.
"Just ahead of the Chinese President's visit, China has shown its true colours by intruding and beating up our soldiers in Ladakh," Vaghela said.
Apart from business meet and signing of MoUs, Xi is scheduled to visit Sabarmati Ashram with Modi. Both the leaders will head to Sabarmati riverfront for a walk in the evening, followed by dinner. The Chinese President will leave for Delhi at 7.30 PM.
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