'West has nothing to fear from talks'

Analysts yesterday downplayed possible Western fears over a meeting between Asia's three biggest nations.

Foreign ministers from China, Russia and India, who will meet in New Delhi next month, are not drafting a plot against other nations, but working out a regional cooperation plan, Sun Shihai, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of South Asian Studies, told China Daily.

"The meeting is based on common interest rather than targeting other countries," said Sun.