Zeng Qinghong, member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met
with a delegation of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
(PRP) led by its General Secretary S. Bayer in Beijing
Wednesday.
Zeng, also China's vice president, said exchanges between the
CPC and the PRP would significantly strengthen the friendship
between the two countries and their peoples.
"The CPC is willing to enhance friendly exchanges with political
parties in Mongolia including PRP and develop relations."
Ties between the two neighboring states had developed rapidly in
recent years, Zeng said.
China had been Mongolia's largest trade and investment partner
for several years and the economic cooperation had benefited both
countries, he said.
He said steady and friendly bilateral relations were important
for both countries, their peoples and the region.
China valued relations with Mongolia and would work with the
Mongolian side to maintain and develop the partnership, Zeng
said.
He also briefed the delegation on China's social and economic
development.
Bayer said the PRP enjoyed a long-standing friendship with the
CPC, and appreciated the CPC's foresight in China's
development.
He said maintaining friendly relations with China was the
primary foreign policy of the PRP and the Mongolian government.
The PRP was willing to expand exchanges with the CPC and
strengthen bilateral relations, he said.
The delegation's tour runs from April 20 to 27, taking in
Beijing, Hangzhou, capital of the eastern Zhejiang Province, and
Shanghai.
(Xinhua News Agency April 27, 2006)
