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Putrajaya, Malaysia (AHN) – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh believes India and China should not find it too difficult to thrive together because “the world has enough space” to allow the two upcoming economic giants to fulfill their ambitions.

Speaking ahead of his scheduled meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday in Hanoi, Vietnam, Singh said, “India and China are both fast growing economies. China happens to be the largest trading partner of India even though there is imbalance (in China’s favor).”

He did not indicate any untoward feeling towards his neighbor, even as diplomatic officials of both India and China were caught up in the controversy surrounding the stable visas issued to people from Jammu and Kashmir, over which, a war of words had ensued on Tuesday.

Brushing aside possibilities of competing with China, Singh said that the world offered “enormous possibilities” for both the nations to work together.

The practice to issue stapled visas to Jammu and Kashmir residents began two years ago and just last year, when Beijing issued one such visa to one of India’s top Army officers, the issue snowballed into a major diplomatic row.

However, PM Singh appeared to be cool enough to not mention any of these in his speech at a gathering of business leaders in the Malaysian capital of Putrajaya.

Both Singh and Jiabao will be meeting against the backdrop of the ASEAN summit, held between members of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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