He called for delineation of the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) which China has refused earlier.

China was the first country to export such sensitive equipment to Pakistan

The telephonic talk between Modi and Xi came a day after Modi congratulated Xi on Chinese social media.

"We should safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country and achieve full unification of the motherland. This is the aspiration of all Chinese people. This is also in line with fundamental of the Chinese nation," he said in an apparent reference to Taiwan which China claims as part of it.

Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe's, China's new defence minister's, first guest of honour could be his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman.

Xi has already been elected as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China at its once-in-five-year congress in October last year.

Xi, the most powerful leader in recent decades heading the ruling Communist Party and the military, will now be the first Chinese leader after the founder chairman Mao Zedong to remain in power lifelong.

China is the second largest spender on defence after the US. T

The removal of the term limit will give Xi a limitless tenure.

Chinese Foreign Ministry said international community should respect sovereignty and independence of the Maldives.

China's stand is that relevant parties should find a solution internally.

Police, however, said the crash was not intentional and it was an accident and not an attack, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Hua also said China is ready to hold talks with India to resolve differences on CPEC.

Dispelling the notion that India-China are rivals, Bambawale also said there is no "anti-China mentality" in India.

He said China was exercising sovereignty in its own territory.

Consumption was the major driver, contributing 58.8 per cent to GDP growth

Rawat had said there was a major reduction of Chinese troops in the Doklam area.

Trump had accused Pakistan of providing safe havens to terrorists.

A deft hand on India-China relations, Bambawale earlier handled the China desk at the MEA.

I look forward to many years of success and friendship, working together to solve not only our problems, but world problems and problems of great danger and security, says President Trump in Beijing.