Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese
National People's Congress, highly praised the Sino-Russian
relations and called on both sides to enhance inter-parliamentary
communication in Moscow Monday.
After separate meetings with Speaker of the Federation Council
(upper house of parliament) Sergei Mironov and Speaker of the State
Duma (lower house of parliament) Boris Gryzlov, Wu pointed out that
the Sino-Russian relationship has developed into a most stable and
energetic nation-to-nation relation thanks to the joint efforts
over the past decade or so.
The visiting Chinese top legislator reiterated that China
attaches great importance to the bilateral ties, stressing that
China regards Russia as its main strategic partner and the
development of bilateral relations is a strategic priority in
China's foreign policy.
Wu, who arrived in Russia on Saturday for a seven-day official
good-will visit aimed at promoting comprehensive development of the
Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation, suggested that
the two countries should maintain their high-level interaction and
support each other on key issues concerning state sovereignty and
territorial integrity.
The Chinese chief legislator added that both sides should
promote the bilateral economic and trade cooperation and try to
make breakthrough in the field.
Wu also called on the two neighboring states to keep harmony in
dealing with international issues and strengthen cooperation in the
Untied Nations and some other international and regional
organizations in order to promote the establishment of a just and
fair new politic and economic world order.
Talking about the inter-parliamentary relations, Wu expressed
the willingness to make joint efforts with the Russian Federation
Council and the State Duma in enhancing communication and
cooperation, saying it would promote mutual understanding among the
people of the two states and boost regional communication and
collaboration.
Wu proposed to maintain the good momentum of high-level
inter-parliamentary interaction between China and Russia and to
carry out comprehensive communication and intensify such efforts in
the legislative and supervision work. Wu also called on the
parliaments of both sides to help boost the development of
bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
Expressing their full consent to Wu's assessment of bilateral
ties and his proposals for advancing inter-parliamentary
communication, Mironov and Gryzlov expressed the willingness to
reinforce comprehensive exchanges and cooperation with the Chinese
National People's Congress and to push forward the development of
Sino-Russian strategic partnership.
Mironov vowed to increase bilateral economic and trade
cooperation and promote regional communication including in the two
neighbors' bordering areas.
(Xinhua News Agency May 25, 2004)