Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the final day of the two-day informal summit being called “Chennai connect”, at the sea side resort town of Mamallapuram near Chennai, the two leaders also decided to “Consolidate strategic communication” to prevent flare-ups on the border and enhance trust, as well as to establish a “new mechanism” to discuss trade, investment and services.

       Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President XI Jinping on Saturday agreed that the two countries will “prudently manage their differences and not allow differences on any issue to become dispute”.

        Difference between the two countries on the Kashmir issues were “not raised or discussed”. However, briefing reporters after the second informal summit between the two leaders, foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale, said the Chinese president referred to the recent visit of Pakistan PM Imran Khan to Beijing in his discussion said Modi.

     “Pakistan PM Imran Khan has visited China. The President of China talked about it. Mr. Modi heard him out”. “I would like to state quite categorically that this issue J&K was not raised and not discussed. The government of India’s position has publicly been made clear that this is a matter of the internal affairs of our country,” he said.

    Government sources had earlier indicated that India would raise the issue in case the Chinese leader brought it up, particularly since New Delhi had reacted strongly to a reference to Kashmir.