chinese sailors have been allowed to land at india's ports for rest for the first time in decades, reports xinhua news agency.
新华社报道,几十年来中国船员首次获许登上印度港口休息。
ten sailors from chinese
1 2 "houston" landed at a port in mumbai on sunday for a rest.
due to terrorism and other issues, the crews of chinese
3 and boats from some other countries had been banned from landing after anchoring at indian ports, said zheng xiyuan, chinese general
4 to mumbai.
"it is very necessary to land and have a rest after longtime sailing," said captain qiao qinming of the "houston," adding "thanks to the good results after
5 between the two countries, we are glad to be the first
6 of sailors to land at an indian port."
both china and india have long coastlines. over 70% of cargo transport in india is completed on the sea. in china,
7 transport takes up 90% of total foreign trade transport.
the
8 trade volume between china and india reached 80 billion us dollars last year.