Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart George W.
Bush Thursday had a telephone conversation where they discussed
their views on bilateral relations and the upcoming second round of
strategic economic dialogue between the two countries.
The two leaders agreed that China-U.S. relations have maintained
favorable development and that the two sides should work to
increase dialogue and cooperation in order to promote constructive
progress in relations between the two countries.
President Hu appreciated the U.S. government's active attitude
toward the development of China-U.S. economic and trade
cooperation.
He stressed that the successful holding of the first round of
China-U.S. strategic economic dialogue in Beijing last September
shows that under the backdrop of rapid development of economic
globalization, China and the U.S. can enhance mutual understanding
and trust through frank and sincere dialogue, properly settle
problems arising from bilateral economic and trade cooperation,
promote steady development of bilateral economic and trade
relations, and play active roles in global economic development and
prosperity.
For his part, Bush said that U.S.-China strategic economic
dialogue is of great significance, which indicates that the two
countries are willing to settle the relevant problems through
high-level dialogue.
The U.S. side is grateful that the Chinese government has
attached great importance to this round of U.S.-China strategic
economic dialogue and hopes that great achievements will be made in
this round of dialogue, Bush said.
The two presidents also exchanged views on climate changes and
the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula.
(Xinhua News Agency May 10, 2007)
