New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- India and China held Strategic Dialogue here and emphasised viewing and handling bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective and uphold the strategic perception that China and India are cooperative partners instead of rivals, and the two countries are each other's development opportunity instead of threat, China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The statement, issued after a new round of China-India Strategic Dialogue held by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and China's Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu, said that both sides had friendly, candid and in-depth communication on the international and regional situation,respective internal and external policies, international and...