CHINA: Indian PM winds up three day visit

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Updated January 16, 2008 07:34:34

India's prime minister Manmohan Singh has been winding up a three-day visit to Beijing, where he's met with Chinese leaders to discuss strengthening economic ties, and defusing long-standing border issues. One of the outcomes of the talks is the lifting of two-way trade to $US60 billion by 2010. Some of that trade will pass through the tiny Indian state of Sikkim, where the Natha-La Pass through the mountains was once a key part of the Silk Route.

Presenter: Adam Connors
Speakers: S.K Sarda, President of the Sikkim Chamber of Commerce; Commodore Uday Bhaskar, Deputy Director of New Delhi's Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis

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