Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday discussed ways to strengthen "trust" and maintain peace on border between India and China, whose ties are often soured by the decades-old boundary dispute. Modi and Xi held substantive talks in this city, the first time a Chinese President has done so outside Beijing, covering various issues ranging from political, economic and global issues like terrorism, UNSC reforms and India's membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "On the political side, there was a lot of discussion on strengthening trust and increasing convergence," said Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar while briefing media on the 90-minute delegation-level talks without taking any questions. Before embarking on the three-day visit to China that will take him to Beijing and Shanghai after Xi'an, Modi had expressed confidence that his trip would deepen mutual trust, work out a roadmap for upgrading bilateral economic ties and set a "new milestone" for Asia and developing nations. Xi's meeting Modi in his hometown of Xi'an is an unusual departure from normal protocol and it is being seen as a reciprocal gesture by the Chinese leader who was hosted by Modi in Ahmedabad when he visited India.
