Beijing: Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi on January 6 exchanged views on ways to step-up India-China bilateral relations with a senior leader of Chinese Parliament and said the countries can resolve their differences adhering to the Pancha Sheel principles.

During a banquet hosted by Jiang Zenghua, vice chairman of the Chinese Parliament National People's Congress (NPC), Joshi said India and China, the world's most populous countries, can resolve their differences through mutual cooperation adhering to the Pancha Sheel principles.

The leaders also discussed the fight against terrorism, promotion of tourism and increase of bilateral trade.

Joshi said India has been fighting the menace of terrorism, particularly the cross-border terrorism, and is resolved to curb it.

The lunch was attended by the visiting Members of Parliament, Chairman of the India-China Eminent Persons Group, R L Bhatia, MP, Indian Ambassador to China, S. Menon, Chairman of the China-India Parliamentary Friendship Group, Shen Huaren and the Deputy Director General of the Asia Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Sun Guoxiang and others.

Joshi arrived in Beijing on January 5 night from Seoul, South Korea, on a five-day official goodwill visit to China at the invitation of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, Li Peng.

The delegation toured the Temple of Heaven, a major tourist attraction in Beijing, besides visiting the Forbidden City (also called Palace Museum) in the afternoon.

PTI