State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met with visiting Thai Privy
Councilor Siddhi Savetsila in Beijing Tuesday.
Tang spoke highly of Siddhi's long-term contribution to boosting
ties with China.
He said China-Thailand relations, which have stood the test of
time and history, are evolving in a stable way and have become a
model for relations between China and neighboring countries.
He said he hopes that the two countries can deepen strategic
cooperative relations through further exchanges and cooperation in
culture, education, science, technology and security.
Tang said he believed Thailand would maintain peace and make new
achievements in nation building.
Siddhi briefed Tang on the political situation in Thailand. He
said Thailand's foreign policy will not change and nor will the
friendship between Thailand and China.
He said he will continue to contribute to promoting bilateral
ties.
Siddhi served as Thai deputy prime minister and foreign minister
in the 1980s.
(Xinhua News Agency October 25, 2006)
