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Sino-US ties enjoy 'stable progress'
(China Daily/Agencies)
Updated: 2006-01-02 07:33
WASHINGTON: China and the United States' relationship has demonstrated a
trend of stable development in 2005, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Zhou Wenzhong said on Saturday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart George W. Bush met several
times in 2005 and the two leaders exchanged views on bilateral relations as well
as major international and regional issues of common concern, Zhou said in an
exclusive interview with Xinhua.
In particular, the two leaders agreed at their meetings in New York in
September and during Bush's China visit in November to strengthen mutual
understanding, broaden consensus, enhance mutual trust and push forward the
all-round development of the Sino-US constructive relationship of co-operation
in the 21st century, he said.
Government departments of the two countries are implementing the consensus
reached by the two leaders, and the two sides have had effective dialogues,
consultation and co-operation in a wide range of issues, such as economy and
trade, anti-terrorism, law enforcement, nuclear non-proliferation and the
nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, said Zhou in the interview.
The two sides held candid, in-depth and constructive discussions on the
international situation, bilateral relations and other issues of common concern
during the two rounds of strategic dialogues in 2005, the ambassador noted.
Zhou said that exchanges between legislatures of the two countries were
deepened and headway was made on bilateral military relations , which
contributed to the overall development of the Sino-US constructive relationship
of co-operation.
Zhou said on handling the Taiwan question properly was key to a stable
development of the China-US relationship.
Although there are signs of relaxation and positive
elements in the current cross-Straits relations, said Zhou, the authorities in
Taiwan still refuse to recognize the one-China principle and the Taiwan
secessionist forces have continued their separatist activities.
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