””””BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said China is willing
to work with the United States for a healthy and stable development of Sino-US
relations and the benefit of the two peoples.
””””Hu made the remark during a phone conversation with US President George W.
Bush Tuesday evening.
””””Congratulating Hu on his election as China's president, Bush said the
United States is willing to cooperate closely with China to continuously advance
bilateral ties.
””””Bush reiterated the US government's adherence to the one-China policy as
well as the three US-Sino joint communiques, saying the United States will not
support the "independence of Taiwan."
””””Hu emphasized China's new leaders will stick to the reform and opening-up
as well as the independent foreign policy of peace and continue to develop
cooperative friendship with other countries including the United States.
””””With the care and efforts of Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and President Bush,
the two countries have set the goal of developing constructive relations of
cooperation, Hu said.
””””Hu said the two nations have achieved positive progress in exchanges and
cooperation in all fields, which conforms to the fundamental interests of the
two peoples and is also conducive to the global peace and development.
””””Hu appreciated Bush for reiterating the stance on adhering to the one-China
policy. This is the political foundation of stable development of Sino-US
relations, Hu stressed.
””””The two leaders also exchanged views on the Iraq issue and the nuclear
issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
””””On the Iraq issue, China always advocates a political solution in the
framework of the United Nations, Hu said, adding China hopes for peace instead
of war.
””””On the DPRK nuclear issue, Hu said the key to solving the issueis to launch
dialogues as soon as possible, especially between theUnited States and the DPRK.
””””China has always stood for keeping the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free,
maintaining its peace and stability, and solving problems through dialogues, Hu
said.
””””In the meantime, actions that will escalate the situation should not be
taken, he said. Enditem
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