Describing the bilateral ties as "complicated", he said but one should not ignore the collaborative and convergent side of the relationship as well.
Asserting that India expected China to be appreciative of its interests, especially when they are not in conflict with those of Beijing, he said, "Combating terrorism is one such area and sanctioning of well-known terrorist leaders and organisations should not emerge as an issue of difference.
"Nor should reservations on developmental issues, such as India's predictable access to international cooperation and investments in the field of civil nuclear energy."
Sino-Indian ties are a subject of heightened attention and part of the reason is the weight of history that this particular relationship carries on its shoulders, he said.
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Some of it also arises from the great potential that it holds and the impact that its direction could have on regional and global politics, he added.
"The report card of our ties for the last three decades is much stronger than many assume," he said.
"Difficult problems, some of them pertaining to sovereignty, have not been side-stepped," he said.
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