SAPPORO, Japan, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President
Hu Jintao on Tuesday put forward four priority areas for cooperation and
coordination among the five major developing countries of China, India, Brazil,
South Africa and Mexico.
Hu made the proposal at a meeting of leaders of five
developing countries on the eve of an outreach session of the Group of Eight
(G8) summit.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) pose
for photos with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (1st R), Mexican
President Felipe Calderon (C), Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da
Silva (2nd L) and South African President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki before
their meeting in Sapporo, northern Japan, July 8, 2008. (Xinhua
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Over the past year, coordination mechanism at various
levels among the five countries have taken initial shape, said Hu.
He said that as their efforts have yielded positive
results, the five major developing nations need to build on their achievements
and continue their efforts in the following priority areas:
-- Strengthening solidarity and coordination and
promoting common development.
As active participants in economic globalization and
with increasing ties with the international market, the five developing
countries have become an important part of the world economic architecture and a
major driving force for global economic growth.
Under such circumstances, intensified consultation
and coordination and closer cooperation of mutual benefit among the five are
most needed to minimize the impact of unfavorable factors and maintain the
momentum and dynamism of the fast economic growth of the five as well as to make
continued contribution to world economic development.
-- Stepping up coordination and advancing South-South
cooperation.
South-South cooperation is an important channel for
developing countries to draw on each other's strengths and achieve common
development.
The five developing countries should push forward
reforms in international economic financial, trade and development regimes,
uphold the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries and enhance
their capacity to tackle various risks and challenges, and promote balanced,
coordinated and sustainable growth of the global economy.
-- Taking a long-term view and promoting North-South
dialogue.
The world economic growth cannot be sustained if
developing countries remain in a state of backwardness. The five developing
nations should continue to work in an active and pragmatic way under the
principle of seeking common ground while shelving differences, and help forge a
new North-South partnership featuring equality, mutual benefit, cooperation and
win-win progress.
-- Working together to shoulder responsibilities.
As most of the hot-spot issues in today's world
directly affect the interests of developing countries, the five have the need
and responsibility to work together to exert positive influence on global
affairs, increase the say of developing countries and make greater contribution
to the building of a harmonious world of enduring peace and common prosperity.
The five countries have vast potential for
cooperation, said Hu, adding that strengthening solidarity and cooperation is
not only in the interests of their own people, but also in the common interests
of people all over the world.
The Chinese president arrived here late Monday for
the outreach session of the Group of Eight (G8) summit scheduled for Wednesday
in the northern Japanese resort of Toyako.
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and coordination for the sake of common development.
Leaders from China, India, Brazil, South Africa and
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Jintao met with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva here on
Tuesday to discuss ways to deepen their strategic bilateral partnership.
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