China is ready to promote a China-European Union comprehensive
and strategic partnership, said Chinese President Hu Jintao in
Beijing Friday in a meeting with EU Commission President Jose
Manuel Barroso.
Hu said China will work with the EU to continuously advance
bilateral friendly exchanges and reciprocal cooperation in various
fields.
He praised the overall development of Sino-EU relations, which
had scored remarkable results in the past three decades of
bilateral diplomatic ties.
He remarked on the increasing consensus and constant
communication and coordination between the two sides on
international and regional issues, a record high trade volume,
expanding economic and trade cooperation, improving scientific and
technological cooperation, active exchanges in culture and
education, and growing personnel contacts.
He said Sino-EU relations have become all-dimensional and
wide-ranging at various levels, and China appreciates the EU's
one-China policy, attention to developing bilateral partnership and
efforts for expanding exchanges and cooperation in such fields as
politics and economy.
He said China and the EU share a wide-ranging consensus on
safeguarding world peace and security, and promoting common
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China will further strengthen coordination and cooperation with
the EU in international affairs, is willing to see a strong,
prosperous and united EU, and hopes the EU will make greater
contributions to safeguarding world peace and promoting common
development, said Hu.
Barroso said he brings a message that the EU is expecting to
further constructive and strategic partnership with China.
He said China's prosperity conforms to the interests of the EU
and all countries in the world, and a stable China that is
undergoing reform and opening-up constitutes an important force in
safeguarding world peace and promoting common development.
He said the EU and China share wide-ranging common interests in
advancing economic and trade cooperation, and similar views on many
major international issues.
Bilateral cooperation is long-term and of strategic
significance, and the EU will work with China to push forward their
partnership and cooperation in various fields, said Barroso.
He reiterated that the EU will, as always, follow the one-China
policy.
Besides Beijing, Barroso will visit Shanghai, Macao and Hong
Kong in his first China tour as the EU commission head.
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(Xinhua News Agency July 16, 2005)