Chinese President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart, George W.
Bush, exchanged views on Sino-US relations and other issues of
common interest in a telephone conversation on Monday, the Chinese
Foreign Ministry said.
In the pre-arranged phone call, Hu again talked about the
consensuses that had been reached on many issues, when the two met
earlier on the sidelines of the 14th Economic Leaders' Meeting of
the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the
Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
China is willing to work with the United States on implementing
these consensuses and promote the sustained, stable and sound
development of constructive and cooperative Sino-US relations, Hu
said.
Bush praised his meeting with Hu in Hanoi, stating the two sides
held sincere and useful discussions on important issues.
During the phone conversation, the two leaders also touched on
Darfur, a conflict-plagued region in west Sudan. Bush briefed Hu on
the US' stance in the Darfur issue.
For his part, Hu noted that the Darfur issue had recently
positive progress towards resolution.
Hu expressed his hope that all parties concerned will maintain
the momentum of dialogue, whilst accounting for the concerns of all
involved and thus mutually agree on a settlement at an early date,
in order to bring peace and stability to the region.
(Xinhua News Agency November 28, 2006)