China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said in Bucharest on Thursday
that China is willing to expand and deepen exchanges and
cooperation with Romania in the fields of politics, economy and
culture, furthering the fully-fledged Sino-Romanian relations of
friendship and cooperation.
Wu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National
People's Congress (NPC), made the pledge during his talks here with
Romanian President of Chamber of Deputies Bogdan Olteanu, which
focused on bilateral ties, exchanges between the two parliaments,
and on other issues of common concern.
Wu said China always treated Romania as a good friend and
partner in Europe, and strengthening the fully-fledged cooperative
relations with Romania is the set policy of the Chinese government.
His visit here is aimed at pushing forward the Sino-Romanian
fully-fledged friendly relations of cooperation, Wu added.
Wu spoke highly of Sino-Romanian relations, saying that they had
witnessed considerable achievements since the two countries
established diplomatic ties more than half a century ago.
The political foundation of their bilateral ties have been
consolidated by the signing of a joint statement on establishing a
fully-fledged friendly partnership of cooperation during the state
visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Romania in 2004, and by the
great consensus reached on further strengthening the bilateral
relations during the visit of Romanian President Traian Basescu to
China in March this year. The rapid development of bilateral
economic and trade cooperation has laid a solid physical foundation
for the friendly relations, he said.
Wu said exchanges between the parliaments had formed an
important part of the bilateral relations. He promised that China's
NPC would continue to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation at
various levels with the Romanian parliament to make new
contributions to the development of the relationship between the
two sides.
Expressing his agreement with Wu's comments, Olteanu said
relations between the two countries had entered an important period
of development. Wu's visit played a very important role in
deepening ties, he said.
Romania treats China as the most important partner in Asia and
developing friendly relations with China is a priority of Romania's
foreign policy, Olteanu said.
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies will continue to work with
China's NPC to give impetus into the development of the
comprehensive relations of cooperation between the two nations.
Olteanu reiterated that the Romanian parliament adhered to the
one-China policy, adding that it would not be changed on any
condition. It also supports China's peaceful unification, the lower
house chief said.
The two leaders jointly held a press conference after the
talks.
Wu arrived here on Wednesday afternoon for a three-day official
good-will visit to Romania, the first leg of his four-nation tour,
which will also take him to Moldova, Greece and Russia.
(Xinhua News Agency May 19, 2006)
