Delegations from both China and the United States met in Washington for the second consultations on anti-terrorism struggle, which ended on Friday.
During their two-day consultations, the two sides analyzed the situation of struggle against terrorism in regions and the world as a whole, as well as the situations in Afghanistan, central Asia,South Asia and Southeast Asia, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy said on Friday.
The two sides also discussed measures of how to use regional organizations to effectively strike against terrorist forces within the framework of the United Nations and had an in-depth exchange of views on working out a world strategy for the next-phase struggle against terrorism.
The two sides reached a lot of consensus on the above-mentioned issues.
The US side, praising highly of the contributions China has made to the world struggle against terrorism, briefed the Chinese side on its opinions over recent developments of terrorist activities and measures that the United States has taken.
The United States also expressed its willingness to provide China with assistance in terms of security during the Olympic Games to be hosted by Beijing in 2008.
The Chinese side made a positive evaluation of cooperation between the two countries in anti-terrorism struggle, China is willing to further enlarge and deepen such cooperation with the United States based on the principle of mutual benefit.
The two sides also believed that the encouraging progress has been made in the world struggle against terrorism and expressed their satisfaction with the cooperation results of the two countries in their anti-terror struggle.
The two sides also stressed that Sino-US cooperation in the anti-terror struggle constitutes an important part of the anti-terror struggle in the world and is also an important content of the constructive relationship of cooperation between the two countries.
The two sides also agreed that the next round of consultation will be held in China by the end of this year.
(eastday.com June 22, 2002)
