These were the words of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a private dinner he hosted on Sunday.

"I am also your admirer," Wen told Singh, according to highly-placed sources privy to details of the ‘restricted’ meeting attended by only a few members of the Prime Minister's delegation from the Indian side.

They said the Prime Minister and the Premier had an excellent equations from their earlier meetings in third countries and there were countless admirers for Singh's humility.

"Humility is his ballistic missile," observed one of the members of the delegation adding he wins over people with that.

They said it was noteworthy that Premier Wen waited in freezing sub-zero temperatures in the open in Diaoyutai Guest House where he hosted the private dinner, a rare privilege to a visiting dignitary.