China's National People's Congress (NPC) will strengthen
exchanges and cooperation with the Afghan National Assembly in a
bid to promote bilateral relations, said China's top legislator Wu
Bangguo on Tuesday.
Wu, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, said when meeting
with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai that parliamentary
exchanges are an important part of bilateral relations.
Wu also spoke highly of the development of bilateral relations
since the establishment of diplomatic ties more than 50 years ago,
noting the two countries have maintained increasingly high-level
exchanges on major issues concerning sovereignty and national
security, reciprocal trade and economic cooperation and tight
coordination in international and regional affairs.
The signing of the treaty on China-Afghanistan friendly
cooperation will be a milestone for the development of bilateral
relations and the Chinese side will work with the Afghan side to
implement it, Wu said.
Karzai said China and Afghanistan are trustworthy friends with
sincere cooperation. To further enhance bilateral relations is in
the interest of the two countries and is conducive to regional
peace and development.
He noted that Afghanistan is willing to further strengthen
cooperation with China in various fields including security and
trade, and hopes China can continue to participate in Afghanistan's
reconstruction. The Afghan government will also support the
parliamentary cooperation between the NPC and Afghan national
assembly.
Karzai also reiterated Afghanistan's adherence to the one-China
policy.
(Xinhua News Agency June 21, 2006)
