BEIJING: PM Narendra Modi did some straight talking about India’s unease over aspects of China’s foreign policy, telling Beijing on Friday that it should “reconsider its approach on some of the issues that hold us back from realizing the full potential of our partnership”.A visiting head of government laying down his country’s interests in the Great Hall of the People is not an everyday occurrence. For many here, used to the gentle wording of international diplomacy, this came as a surprise. “I suggested that China should take a strategic and long-term view of our relations,” Modi said. Late afternoon, addressing students at Tsinghua University, Modi raised the issue of terrorism, pointing out that the source of the scourge for both India and China was the same, without naming any country. At a joint press meet with Premier Li Keqiang, Modi indicated that bonding with India could be a better option for China instead of relying on the policies of countries that produce terrorism, sources said.We both face instability in our shared neighbourhood that can threaten our security and slow down our economies. The spreading tide of extremism and terrorism is a threat we both face; for both, its source is in the same region,” PM Narendra Modi said in his address to students at Tsinghua University,At the joint press meet with Premier Li Keqiang, Modi described his conversations with the Chinese leadership as “candid, constructive and friendly”.“We covered all issues, including those that trouble smooth development of our relations,” Modi said.Li was equally candid. “We do not deny there are some disagreements between us but there’s a mechanism and sufficient political maturity to address these,” he said. “We stand ready to work with India to bring China-India relations to new heights.” The two Himalayan neighbours need not even bother about western countries trying to keep them apart, Li suggested without naming any country.“I suggested that China should take a strategic and long-term view of our relations. I found the Chinese leadership responsive,” Modi said at the presser, well attended by western and Russian media. He also expressed happiness about China’s response to India’s concerns over the border issue. “I found sensitivity to our concerns on this issue, and, interest in further intensifying confidence-building measures. I also reiterated the importance of clarification of Line of Actual Control in this regard,” he said.The two countries issued a joint statement promising to resolve outstanding differences, including the boundary question. “Peace and tranquillity on the India-China border was recognized as an important guarantor for the development and continued growth of bilateral relations,” the two sides stated, pledging to implement the existing agreements and make efforts to maintain peace in the border areas.He also assured the Chinese leadership that India was interested in the Bangladesh-China-India Corridor because “we both seek to connect a fragmented Asia”. The PM backed Beijing’s drive to dilute the powers of the Western world saying, “Asia’s re-emergence is leading to a multi-polar world that we both welcome.”