India News: Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has vowed to increase "mutual trust" with India in his first trip abroad since assuming office.

Talks with Indian leaders are expected to focus on trade and recent border tensions.

"The purpose of my current visit to India is threefold - to increase mutual trust, to intensify cooperation and to face the future," Li said in a joint press conference with Singh.

"On the basis of deeper mutual trust, our two countries can further deepen our mutual understanding and construct a new type of relations between major countries, promote healthy and sound development of China and India," he added.