China values international cooperation in poverty reduction and
supports the global efforts on poverty alleviation, Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao said Wednesday.
This is the highlight of Wen's remarks at separate meetings with
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Tanzanian President
Benjamin Mkapa, and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who
were in Shanghai to attend the Global Conference on Scaling Up
Poverty Reduction.
The three state leaders spoke highly of the achievement China
has made in poverty reduction and expressed the hope to learn
China's successful experience.
While meeting with Lula, Wen said China and Brazil are both
important developing countries in the world and share common
interests in a wide field and a sound basis for cooperation.
In the 30 years since the two countries forged diplomatic ties,
China and Brazil witnessed growing political mutual trust and trade
relations, as well as close collaboration in international
organizations, Wen said.
China is willing to join hands with Brazil to substantially
implement the guidelines for the bilateral ties that were jointly
established by top leaders of the two nations to promote the
strategic partnership.
Lula said his China visit has achieved positive result, which
reflects the common aspiration to promote the strategic partnership
between the two countries.
Brazil would take concrete measures to carry out the agreements
reached by the two heads of state and push forward the bilateral
ties.
During the meeting with Mkapa, Wen expressed his appreciation
over the long-lasting friendship between the two nations and the
vitality of bilateral exchanges and cooperation, citing the famous
Tanzania-Zambia railway as the symbol of friendship between China
and Tanzania.
Consolidating and improving ties with the developing countries,
including African countries, is one of the basic points of China’s
foreign policy, Wen said, adding that China treasures the
traditional friendship with Tanzania and would expand
mutually-beneficial cooperation with Tanzania in the fields of
agriculture, health care and infrastructure construction.
China will offer necessary aid for Tanzanian's domestic
construction and encourages Chinese enterprises to invest in
Tanzania.
Mkapa said Tanzania appreciates the support and assistance from
the Chinese government and people, and its reform and opening-up
policy and positive role in international affairs.
Tanzania is willing to enhance friendly cooperation with China
and explore new methods to strengthen Africa-China ties within the
framework of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, and welcomes
Chinese enterprises to invest in Tanzania.
On the development of China-Bangladesh relations, Wen put
forward three suggestions:
-- to enhance communication and exchange between leaders of the
two countries;
-- to expand bilateral economic and trade cooperation. The
Chinese government encourages Chinese enterprises to participate in
the economic construction of Bangladesh; and
-- to work together to promote regional cooperation.
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The Bangladeshi prime minister agreed with Wen and said that the
Bangladeshi people are closely watching China's development.
It is the target of Bangladesh's foreign policy to develop a
closer relationship between Bangladesh and China, and the
Bangladeshi government hopes the two countries to push forward
cooperation in all fields.
The three foreign leaders all reiterated their stand to adhere
to the one-China policy and support China's principled stance on
human rights, which Wen appreciated.
When meeting with James David Wolfensohn, president of the World
Bank, Wen said the Chinese government supports the Global
Conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction sponsored by the World
Bank, adding that he hopes the conference could summarize effective
poverty-reduction experience from the practice of developing
countries.
The World Bank shoulders unique responsibilities in alleviating
poverty and promoting common development, Wen said.
Noting China and the World Bank have had fruitful and
mutually-beneficial cooperation in the past two decades, he said
China will further cooperate with the World Bank to contribute to
the common development of the world.
Wolfensohn said the World Bank spoke highly of China's
poverty-reduction experience and practice, and will make joint
efforts with China to promote South-North dialogue and South-South
cooperation.
Wen also met with some other foreign delegates to the
conference.
(Xinhua News Agency May 27, 2004)