Suggesting that India and China take a long-term view of their relationship, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Tuesday night said that more substance should be added to the strategic relationship.
"The regional and global perspective of our ties further necessitates that we take a long-term and strategic view of our relationship. We need to add more substance and meaning to our strategic relationship," he said in his speech at the banquet in honour of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Kalam said the two countries could together strengthen the global quest for multipolarisation and multilateralism, and harness the positive forces of globalisation for the benefit of developing countries.