China will work with Myanmar to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation in various areas and lift bilateral ties to a new high, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said?in Beijing on?Tuesday.

Yang made the remarks while meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, U Nyan Win. He spoke positively of the good-neighborly relationship between the two nations and hailed the growth of bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries 60 years ago.

He said China hopes to work with Myanmar to inherit and carry forward the traditional friendship between the two countries and earnestly implement the important consensuses reached by both leaders and bilateral cooperative agreements.

U Nyan Win said bilateral ties have developed smoothly on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence over the past 60 years.

Myanmar appreciates China's help in economic construction and is ready to make joint efforts with China to deepen bilateral pragmatic cooperation to bring greater benefit to the two peoples, he said.

U Nyan Win also briefed Yang on the preparatory work for Myanmar's general elections.