Indian Prime Minister Singh asked Hui to convey his cordial greetings to Premier Wen Jiabao.

He said that Indo-Chinese strategic cooperative partnership has taken on a global significance, and it conforms not only with the interests of development of the two countries, but also would contribute to peace and prosperity of Asia and the world at large.

Singh said that the Indian government will join hands with the Chinese government in pushing forward exchanges and cooperation between the two countries at all levels and in all fields, to make more fruitful such a cooperation.

The two sides agreed to increase high level exchange of visits and contacts in order to deepen mutual understanding and trust.

The two sides agreed to deepen economic and trade cooperation, expand fields of investment, encourage bilateral economic and trade relations to develop in a healthy and balanced manner.

The two sides also agreed to strengthen concrete cooperation in the fields of agriculture, forestry, anti-poverty projects and environment protection, as well as to further coordinate and cooperation on globally challenging issues such as climate change, in order to commonly safeguard the interests of the developing countries.

Hui had earlier held talks with Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to exchange views on pushing forward bilateral cooperation in forestry, agriculture and rural development.

The two sides agreed to take full advantage of the bilateral agriculture and forestry cooperation mechanism to strengthen exchanges of experiences and take substantial measures to push forward relevant cooperative projects.