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    BEIJING, March 8 -- China is ready to cooperate with the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to improve ties, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Saturday.

    Yang said China and the United States shared broad common interests and he hoped they could improve exchanges, coordination and cooperation.

    Sound bite: Yangjiechi, Chinese Foreign Minister, said:" I think people have fair judgment regarding the causes of financial crisis, lessons of the crisis should be learned. The pressing task now is that all countries must work all together to make the up-coming financial summit in London a success.

    "We believe the up-coming London Financial Summit should play a role in boosting the publics' confidence, strengthening the countries' coordination on their micro economic policies, stabilizing financial markets, undertaking necessary reforms in the international financial system and international financial supervision system and helping developing countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

    "In this regard, we are ready to work with the United States and other countries in the world to weather the storm and make joint effort to take over the difficulties caused by the financial crisis."

    He confirmed plans for a meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama on the sidelines of April's G20 summit in London.

    The meeting will be the first between the two leaders since Obama took office in January.

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing

    (Source: XHTV)