India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh has been winding up a three-day visit to Beijing, where he’s met with his Chinese counterparts to discuss strengthening economic and trade ties, and defusing long-standing border issues. One of the outcomes of the talks is the lifting of two-way trade to 60-billion dollars 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.
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Talent: 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
