Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that he hopes their meeting will open a new chapter for bilateral ties, state media reported. Modi arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan earlier in the day for an ice-breaking informal meeting with Xi after months of tension between the two giant neighbors, Reuters said. Beijing also welcomed on Friday a joint statement by North and South Korea after their leaders pledged to work for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and declare an official end to the 1950-53 Korean War.