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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with Jean-David Levitte, a diplomatic adviser of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Beijing, April 27, 2008. Xi hoped France would pay highly attention to the current problems in bilateral relations and take concrete actions to promote the ties.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President
Xi Jinping said here Sunday China hoped France would pay highly attention to the
current problems in bilateral relations and take concrete actions to promote the
ties.
Xi made the remarks in a meeting with Jean-David
Levitte, a diplomatic adviser of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
"We hope the French side will pay great attention to
the current problems in China-France relationship, take concrete actions and
work with China to overcome difficulties, enhance friendship and deepen mutual
trust, so as to make the relationship continue to develop in a healthy and
stable way," Xi said.
He said that series of events that were unfriendly to
China occurred in France recently and such events have hurt the Chinese people's
feelings and also damaged the image of France in the minds of the Chinese
people.
"Such situation in the China-France relations is what
we do not want to see," said Xi.
He said that the steady development of China-France
relationship since the establishment of diplomatic ties 44 years ago and
especially rapid in the recent dozen years was the result of efforts by the
leaders of several generations from both countries, and thus should be doubly
cherished and maintained.
He said China held that it was in the common
interests of both countries and conducive to world peace, stability and
development to consolidate and develop the comprehensive strategic partnership
between the two countries.
Xi added that China has always regarded and handled
its relations with France from a strategic and long-term point of view and
sticked to the guideline of friendship, comprehensive cooperation and common
development with France.
He also explained the Chinese government's policies
on Tibet and briefed on the preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games, saying
the Chinese government and people had the confidence and ability to hold the
Games successfully with high-level and uniqueness.
Levitte said the French government and President
Sarkozy attached great importance to improving and strengthening the
comprehensive strategic partnership between France and China and were ready to
do all they could in this regard.
Noting that France welcomed China's development and
believed that China's development was beneficial to France and the world, he
stressed that France definitely supported the one-China policy and recognized
that Tibet and Taiwan are inalienable parts of the Chinese territory.
He also wished the Beijing Olympics a great success.
Levitte is here for a visit to China, which started
from April 26.
China and France have sent envoys to visit each
other, conveying messages to respective leaders in the hope of mending the
strained bilateral ties due to the recent biased reports on China in France and
the disturbance of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on April 7.
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best friend in Europe
BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Former French Prime Minister
Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Friday his country wanted to be the best friend of
China in Europe and hoped to strengthen the strategic partnership between the
two nations.
"We hope to enhance exchanges with China within the
framework of the Europe-China all-round strategic partnership," Raffarin said in
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China, France set up regular
parliamentary exchange mechanism
BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China and France established
a regular mechanism on parliamentary exchanges here on Friday.
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo and French Senate
President Christian Poncelet signed the agreement after their hour-long talk on
bilateral ties and China-EU relations. Full story
Hu: China values ties with
France
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao said
here Thursday that China has always valued the Sino-French relationship and is
regretful to see events that hurt Chinese feelings.
China sticks to the policy of Sino-French friendship,
all-round cooperation and common development, Hu told visiting French Senate
President Christian Poncelet in a meeting. Full story
