Indian PM Manmohan Singh met his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Phnom Penh on the sidelines of ASEAN and East Asia Summit; both the countries agreed to make bilateral ties stronger, wider and deeper as the Chinese leader would be demitting office in March.

Both the countries agreed to make bilateral ties “stronger, wider and deeper” as the Chinese leader would be demitting office in March.

In his statement the Prime Minister Dr Singh specifically referred to Wen’s two visits to India in 2005 and 2010, saying these helped make the ties “stronger”.

He said during the first visit in 2005, the two countries established Strategic and Cooperative Partnership while the second visit in 2010 marked 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties.