Hotline to connect China, India leaders

BEIJING - Beijing and New Delhi have agreed to establish an intergovernmental hotline to connect the prime ministers of both nations.

Premier Wen Jiabao, who met visiting Indian Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna on Wednesday, said the decision signified closer ties between the neighbors.

The agreement on setting up the hotline was signed after talks between Krishna and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi earlier in the day.