Chinese President Jiang Zemin said US President George W. Bush and
he himself reached consensus on many important issues and achieved
positive results in many areas during their formal talks at the
Great Hall of the People Thursday.
Jiang made the remarks when meeting Chinese and foreign reporters
jointly with President Bush following their formal talks.
He
said that in their talks today, they reviewed 30 years of Sino-US
relations, had in-depth discussions on bilateral relations and the
current international situation, and reached consensus on many
important issues and achieved positive results in many areas.
He
said that the two sides have the common view that, faced with the
current complicated and constantly changing international
situation, China and the United States, two countries with an
important influence in the world, should reinforce their dialogues
and cooperation, appropriately handle differences and jointly
promote the development of Sino-US constructive cooperation
relations.
He
said the two sides agree to reinforce high-level strategic
dialogues and contacts at different levels and between different
departments, so as to increase mutual understanding and mutual
trust.
(Xinhua News
Agency February 21, 2002)