LONDON, April 3 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to work
with South Korea to promote bilateral relations, said Chinese President Hu
Jintao here Friday at a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes
hands with President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea (ROK) during
their meeting in London, Britain, April 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Ju
Peng) Photo
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Hu spoke highly of the sound development momentum for
bilateral relations and expressed his satisfaction with it.
Hu said China and South Korea are important neighbors
and cooperative partners, and the development of bilateral ties is not only in
the fundamental interest of the two countries and their peoples, but also
conducive to peace, stability and prosperity in the region.
The Chinese side attaches great importance to
bilateral relations and will work with South Korea to give full play to their
own advantages, further tap cooperative potentials and deepen substantial
cooperation in various fields, said Hu.
The spreading international financial crisis brought
about a decline of bilateral trade since the beginning of this year, said Hu,
stressing that both sides should see the existing opportunities in the crisis
and encourage enterprises to explore their potentials and strengthen
cooperation.
"This is of positive significance to promoting
economic growth of the two countries and the restoration of world economic
growth," said Hu.
Hu and Lee attended here Thursday the Group of 20
financial summit, through which, in Hu's words, all parties expressed their
resolve to jointly fight the crisis and made proposals in this regard.
"Now confidence and unity are more important than
anything else and China will strengthen coordination and cooperation with the
vast majority of developing countries in fighting the international financial
crisis," said Hu.
Lee lauded China's effective measures to maintain
economic growth under the current situation, saying it is not only conducive to
China's own development but also very important to restoring world economic
growth.
He said his country and China have close economic and
trade relations, hoping that the two countries will continue to keep the sound
momentum for trade growth, strengthen regional cooperation in east Asia, and
jointly combat the international financial crisis.
They also exchanged views on such issues as the
situation on the Korean Peninsula and climate change.
Chinese President Hu Jintao attends the
Group of 20 summit in London, Britain, April 2, 2009. (Xinhua/Ju
Peng) Photo
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LONDON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
addressed the Group of 20 summit and met with leaders from Australia, Japan,
Brazil and Britain on the sidelines of the meeting here Thursday.
The most pressing task in countering the global
financial crisis is to restore global economic growth and prevent a serious
recession, Hu said at the second G20 financial summit. Full story
