China and Mozambique issued a joint communiqué yesterday in
Maputo addressing both bilateral relations and global affairs of
common concern during President Hu Jintao's two-day state visit to the African
country.
The communiqué was issued following talks between Hu and
Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza held in Maputo.
The two leaders engaged in a frank exchange of views, reaching a
broad consensus on the implementation of the results attained at
the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), on bilateral cooperative relations and
global affairs of common concern, the communiqué said.
The two nations hailed their traditional friendship and the
positive motion of bilateral relations since the establishment of
diplomatic relations 31 years ago, as well as economic and social
cooperation, according to the communiqué.
Agreements were reached to enhance high-level exchanges not only
between the two countries' governments and parliaments, but also
involving the Communist Party of China (CPC)?and the Mozambique Liberation Front
Party.
China and Mozambique further resolved to deepen mutually
beneficial cooperation in a range of fields, particularly economy
and trade. The social and cultural fields will see an expansion of
personnel exchanges, which will consolidate and uplift bilateral
relations, the communiqué said.
Mozambique reaffirmed its commitment to the one-China policy,
its opposition to "Taiwan independence" in any form, including
"de facto Taiwan independence," and to Taiwan's accession
to any international organizations of sovereign states, it
said.
On economic issues, both sides enjoy a high degree of
complementary ties and a strong potential exists for future
economic and trade cooperation. China and Mozambique will each
encourage their enterprises to cooperate in agricultural
exploitation and infrastructure construction.
The two sides signed a slew of agreements toward partial debt
cancellation and the?construction of a national stadium,
agricultural technical demonstration center and schools in
Mozambique.
On international issues, both sides spoke of their desire to
strengthen negotiations and coordination on multilateral affairs,
to make joint representations of the interests of the developing
countries and to press ahead with international political and
economical evolution in a fairer and more reasonable direction.
In the communiqué, the two leaders agreed on the creation of a
new type of China-Africa strategic partnership, featuring political
equality and mutual trust, economic cooperation and cultural
exchange.
Hu is on the seventh leg of his eight-nation trip to Africa that has already
taken him to Cameroon, Liberia, Sudan, Zambia, Namibia, and South
Africa. He will end his tour by visiting the Seychelles.
(Xinhua News Agency February 9, 2007)
