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Hu meets US Senate acting president
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-12 15:42
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday met with Ted Stevens, acting
president of the United States Senate in Beijing and pledged to further
Sino-U.S. ties.
Hu hailed the current Sino-U.S. relations, saying the
two countries' leaders kept frequent visits, reached important consensus on
bilateral ties and other key issues.
Chinese President Hu
Jintao (2n R) shakes hands with Washington State Senator Patty Murray as
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter (L) and Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (2nd
R) watch during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
August 12, 2006. [Reuters] |
The two sides also strengthened
strategic trust and promoted consultation, coordination and cooperation in
various fields and on key international and regional issues.
As
stakeholders and constructive cooperators, China and the United States should
enhance exchange and understanding, expand cooperation and common strategic
interest, properly handle sensitive issues and each's concerns in bilateral
ties, he said.
All of these will facilitate the long-term and steady
development of the constructive cooperative Sino-U.S. relations and should be
based on the principles of mutual-respect, seeking common ground while reserving
difference, mutual-beneficial and win-win, Hu noted.
On the exchange
between Chinese and U.S. legislative bodies, Hu said that it served as a
vigorous driving force for bilateral relations.
He asked the National
People's Congress, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to add up topics
of dialogue under the existing exchange mechanism in a bid to contribute more to
the Sino-U.S. relations.
Stevens spoke highly of consensus reached
between Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush, which were expected
to promote the Sino-U.S. relations in the 21st century.
He said the
exchange between the U.S. and Chinese legislative bodies will serve to
strengthen understanding and mutual trust and U.S.-China relations will witness
greater progress.
Stevens is heading a senate delegation to China for
the third annual meeting with the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top
legislative body.
He is also chair of the Senate's U.S.-China
Interparliamentary Group.
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing
Committee, on Friday held talks with the delegation which arrived in China on
Monday.
The third formal working session was held in south China's
scenic city of Guilin on Wednesday.
The two sides exchanged views on a
wide range of issues, including Sino-U.S. relations, the Taiwan question,
parliamentary exchanges, China's peaceful development, trade, energy, the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and other regional and international issues of common
concern, and reached consensus on many issues.
The NPC and the U.S.
Senate set up a regular meeting mechanism in 2004 and have already held meetings
in Beijing and Washington D.C.
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