Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's answer on the launching of Agni V in India.
Original text in Chinese:
问：印度今天成功试射了烈火-5导弹。中方对此有何评论？是否担心此举会威胁中国的安全并影响亚洲地区的和平与稳定？
答：我们注意到有关报道。
中国和印度同为重要的发展中国家和新兴经济体，两国不是竞争对手，而是合作伙伴。双方应当珍惜两国关系来之不易的良好局面，共同努力，坚持中印友好，深化战略合作，促进共同发展，为维护本地区乃至世界的和平与稳定作出贡献。
My transliteration at 9pm New Delhi time (official translation not available till now)
Q: India successfully test launched Agni V missile today. Does China have any comment? Do you worry about that this could endanger the safety of China and affect peace and stability in Asia?
A: We've noticed relevant reports.
China and India are both important developing countries and emerging economies.The two countries are not competitors, rather they are cooperative partners. The two sides should cherish the hard-eared momentum in bilateral relations, work together, stick to Sino-Indian friendship, deepen strategic cooperation, promote common development, and contribute to the maintainance of peace and stability in the region and even the world.
China and India are partners rather than rivals
Beijing, April 19 (Xinhua News Agency) China on Thursday reaffirmed its partnership with India, after India testfired its homemade nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on India's missile launch.
The missile, with a strike... range of over 5,000 kilometers, was testfired at 08:07 a.m. local time from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast, said V.L. Saraswat, chief of the India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
China has taken note of media reports of the missile launch, said Liu, adding that China and India, both large, emerging economies, are cooperative partners rather than rivals.
Bilateral ties are developing well at the moment, he said, adding he believed that both sides will seize the opportunity to further advance relations.
At the BRICS Summit in March, leaders of China and India reiterated the consensus to further strengthen bilateral ties, said Liu.
He called on both sides to cherish the hard-earned good momentum of bilateral relations and deepen their strategic cooperation, so as to promote common development and safeguard regional peace and stability.
Original text in Chinese:
问：印度今天成功试射了烈火-5导弹。中方对此有何评论？是否担心此举会威胁中国的安全并影响亚洲地区的和平与稳定？
答：我们注意到有关报道。
中国和印度同为重要的发展中国家和新兴经济体，两国不是竞争对手，而是合作伙伴。双方应当珍惜两国关系来之不易的良好局面，共同努力，坚持中印友好，深化战略合作，促进共同发展，为维护本地区乃至世界的和平与稳定作出贡献。
My transliteration at 9pm New Delhi time (official translation not available till now)
Q: India successfully test launched Agni V missile today. Does China have any comment? Do you worry about that this could endanger the safety of China and affect peace and stability in Asia?
A: We've noticed relevant reports.
China and India are both important developing countries and emerging economies.The two countries are not competitors, rather they are cooperative partners. The two sides should cherish the hard-eared momentum in bilateral relations, work together, stick to Sino-Indian friendship, deepen strategic cooperation, promote common development, and contribute to the maintainance of peace and stability in the region and even the world.
China and India are partners rather than rivals
Beijing, April 19 (Xinhua News Agency) China on Thursday reaffirmed its partnership with India, after India testfired its homemade nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on India's missile launch.
The missile, with a strike... range of over 5,000 kilometers, was testfired at 08:07 a.m. local time from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast, said V.L. Saraswat, chief of the India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
China has taken note of media reports of the missile launch, said Liu, adding that China and India, both large, emerging economies, are cooperative partners rather than rivals.
Bilateral ties are developing well at the moment, he said, adding he believed that both sides will seize the opportunity to further advance relations.
At the BRICS Summit in March, leaders of China and India reiterated the consensus to further strengthen bilateral ties, said Liu.
He called on both sides to cherish the hard-earned good momentum of bilateral relations and deepen their strategic cooperation, so as to promote common development and safeguard regional peace and stability.
