| China to intensify co-op with S. Korea, U.S., Australia, says Chinese FM |
| 2008-07-24 05:29 |
| From:xinhua Article type:Reproduced |
SINGAPORE, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Wednesday met here separately with South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on bilateral cooperation and regional issues of common concern at the sidelines of the 15th ASEAN Regional Forum. In the meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Yang said China and South Korea have established strategic partnership and the two sides should keep high-level exchanges and deepen understanding and cooperation on strategic regional and international issues while strengthening bilateral trade and economic ties. For his part, Yu Myung-hwan said South Korea is willing to keep high-level exchanges with China, adding that Seoul will strengthen its cooperation and coordination with Beijing in all fields, especially in the area of East Asia cooperation and the Six-Party Talks. During the meeting with Rice, Yang said China and the United States should strengthen dialogue and cooperation in the world affairs and properly handle some sensitive problems so as to ensure the Sino-U.S. ties to develop on the healthy track. Meanwhile, Rice said U.S.-China relations are developing smoothly, adding that the two countries should expand their comprehensive cooperation and dialogue in broad areas. Rice expressed hope that Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and Iran's nuclear problem will be resolved properly through their joint cooperation. During the meeting with Smith, Yang said China highly values its friendly ties with Australia. China is willing to strengthen exchanges and intensify bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade, energy, science and technology, Yang said. Smith said China is an important partner. Australia would like to actively expand beneficial cooperation on the basis of mutual trust and respect so as to advance bilateral ties to a higher level. Australia will cooperate with China to meet the challenges in the region, Smith added. |
| (Source: English Site of Department of Information Technology) |
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