US President George W. Bush met visiting Chinese Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi in the White House on Thursday, exchanging
views on bilateral relationship, the nuclear issue on the Korean
Peninsula, the global climate change and the situation in
Myanmar.
Yang told Bush that his successful meeting with President Hu
Jintao in Australia's Sydney early this month has not only provided
guidelines on how to move bilateral relationship forward, but also
given new dynamics for the development of bilateral ties.
Yang said that China is willing to make joint efforts with the
United States to advance the constructive and cooperative bilateral
relationship in an all-round way.
Bush said he was pleased that leaders from both countries meet
frequently to exchange views on bilateral and international issues
of mutual concern. He said that such meetings are important and
hoped that both sides could continue to communicate regularly to
make common efforts in advancing ties.
Reaffirming China's position on Taiwan issue, Yang said that the
referendum to join the UN in the name of Taiwan, which was proposed
by the Taiwan authorities, is essentially designed to seek "Taiwan
independence."
Yang hoped that the US side would handle Taiwan issue properly
and work jointly with the Chinese side to safeguard peace and
stability across the Taiwan Straits and the shared strategic
interests of the two countries.
Yang, who was invited by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
to attend the opening session of the "Major Economies Meeting on
Energy Security and Climate Change," also met with Treasury
Secretary Henry Paulson and President Bush's national security
advisor Stephen Hadley.
Yang told Paulson that China is committed to a win-win economic
and trade relationship with the United States, stressing that both
sides should refrain from politicizing trade disputes and resolve
issues properly through consultations on an equal footing.
Paulson said the US will work with China to make preparations
for the third US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue scheduled to be
held in Beijing at the end of this year and make the meeting a
success.
(Xinhua News Agency September 28, 2007)
