India, China do not pose 'threats' to each other: Xi tells Modi in Bishkek

Xi called on the two countries to deepen mutual trust and focus on cooperation.

India and China "do not pose threats" to each other, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday as he called for closer ties between the two sides.

Xi and Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek--their first interaction after India's re-election last month.

"China is ready to work with India to continuously advance the closer development partnership between the two countries," Xi said, according to statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing.

"China and India offer to each other chances for development, and do