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Indian officials saw incremental addition to the positions taken by Beijing in the past on these and other issues and the stance adopted today, as reflected in the joint statement after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Premier Wen Jiabao.
"There is a new pledge to cooperation with India on civil nuclear energy. This constitutes a will of both the countries to cooperate in energy area," Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said.