A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a
Turkmenistan party leader agreed Thursday to further exchanges
between the two countries and parties.
The mechanism of the regular exchanges of visits between the CPC
and the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan (DPT) had constituted an
important component of the bilateral ties, said Luo Gan, member of
the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee.
On Sino-Turkmenistan relations, he said the two countries had
deepened political trust and cooperation in all fields. He pledged
China will enhance the relations with Turkmenistan.
Luo made the remarks when meeting with the First Secretary of
the Political Committee of the DPT Onjik Musaev who is heading the
first delegation to China since Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov became
president in February.
Musaev said Turkmenistan's friendly policy towards China is
"consistent," thus the two countries would continue to enhance the
cooperation in the political, economic and energy resources
fields.
The DPT, the former Communist Party of Turkmenistan, was
established in 1991 and now has more than 120,000 members. The DPT
forged the relations with the CPC in 1992.
(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2007)
