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Chinese, Malaysian leaders vow to further advance ties

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-11 18:08

KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese President Hu Jintao and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak agreed here on Wednesday to jointly advance their strategic and cooperative relations.

Hu said that, in the 35 years since China and Malaysia established diplomatic ties, bilateral relations had been increasingly mature with substantial cooperation results in all fields.

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In 2004, the two nations established strategic cooperation relations, resulting in greater mutual trust and increased trade cooperation, Hu said. Last year, bilateral trade exceeded $53 billion and Malaysia had become China's biggest trading partner among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Mutual investment, cooperation in energy, infrastructure, education, culture, and defense had been fruitful, Hu said.

China and Malaysia had also worked closely on major international and regional issues, Hu said. China highly appreciated Malaysia's firm support to China on its core issues, such as Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang.

Hu said leaders of the two countries had always perceived and handled bilateral relations from a strategic level and long-term perspective. Leaders from both sides had actively pushed forward practical cooperation in all fields and added strong impetus to the growth of bilateral links.

China and Malaysia should earnestly implement their joint action plan of strategic cooperation by actively exploring new areas of cooperation for common development, said Hu during his talks with Najib.

He put forward four proposals in advancing the bilateral links between China and Malaysia. First, efforts should be made to deepen the bilateral trade and economic cooperation.

The two nations should make full use of the favorable conditions of the China-ASEAN free trade zone to be built next year, by exploring their cooperative potential and promoting the steady growth of bilateral trade.

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