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Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and
Jordan's King Abdullah view an honor guard during a welcome ceremony
outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 30, 2007. Hu
said that China will continue to play a constructive role in the
realization of lasting peace in the Middle East. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
said on Tuesday that China will continue to play a constructive role in the
realization of lasting peace in the Middle East.
"China is ready to work together with the
international community including Jordan, to continue to play a constructive
role in easing tension in the Middle East and realizing comprehensive, equitable
and lasting peace in the region," said Hu when holding talks with Jordanian King
Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein.
Hu said China supports the international efforts on
promoting peace in the Middle East, including the Arab Peace Initiative, and
hopes relevant parties would, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the
United Nations and the principle of "land for peace," properly resolve conflict
through dialogues and negotiation and realize peaceful coexistence.
King Abdullah said China is devoted to promoting the
cause of world peace and development. Jordan appreciated China's constructive
efforts on promoting the Middle East peace process and hoped that China will
continue to play an active role in finding a solution to the issue.
He said the priority for now is to promote the
negotiation between Palestine and Israel towards concrete achievements.
On bilateral relations, Hu hailed Abdullah's
remarkable contribution to promoting China-Jordan friendship and appreciated the
adherence of the King and the Jordanian government to the one-China policy and
their support for China's reunification cause.
Hu proposed four aspects of measures to further
develop China-Jordan relations, including deepening political relations,
expanding economic and trade cooperation, widening areas of cooperation, and
promoting exchanges in culture, education and other fields.
Hu said China will import more products from Jordan,
make it easier to promote Jordanian products in China, and encourage and support
cooperation between enterprises in both countries in trade, investment, services
and logistics.
King Abdullah said China has provided selfless help
for Jordan over the years, a fact deeply respected by the people of Jordan.
Jordan has always seen it as priority to develop relations with China and hopes
to continue to consolidate and strengthen the friendly cooperation with China,
the King added.
He said Jordan will firmly adhere to the one-China
policy and support China's reunification cause.
He said Jordan hopes to improve cooperation with
China in the areas of economy, trade and energy and see the early opening of air
links between the two countries.
After the talks, the two heads of state attended the
ceremony of the signing of economic and technology cooperation agreements
between the two sides.
King Abdullah is on a four-day state visit to China
at the invitation of President Hu. He will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao on
Wednesday. Besides Beijing, he will also visit China's economic hub, Shanghai.
This is the fifth visit of King Abdullah to China.
Jordan King hopes China to play important role in Middle East peace process
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein said on Tuesday he hoped China to play an important role in the Middle East peace process.
"China can play an important role in supporting this process, both as a world power and respected and trusted Asian neighbor. We appreciated the steps China has already taken," said Abdullah in a speech at the prestigious Peking University. Full story
