Visiting top adviser Jia Qinglin met with Ukrainian President
Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev Tuesday on Sino-Ukraine relations.
Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said China and Ukraine
have deepened mutual understanding and trust while fostering
healthy and stable development of bilateral ties since the two
countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
In the past 14 years, the cooperation between the two countries
has been broadened and deepened with fruitful results in the areas
of economy, trade, science and technology, Jia said during his
meeting with Yushchenko at the presidential office in Kiev.
At the same time, Jia said, exchanges of culture and education
have grown actively with enriched content.
Expressing satisfaction at bilateral ties, Yushchenko said
relations between Ukraine and China have developed quickly with
active results of cooperation in the areas of economy and
trade.
Now the two sides have become important partner of mutually
beneficial cooperation, the president said.
During the meeting, Jia reiterated that developing long-term and
stable, comprehensive friendly cooperation relations with Ukraine
has been the fixed policy of the Chinese side.
Next year will mark the 15th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between Ukraine and China, and China is
willing to take the chance jointly with Ukraine to make efforts to
promote their bilateral ties to a higher level, said the leader of
the CPPCC, China's top advisory body.
Jia also suggested that both sides strengthen contact and
exchange at various levels, deepen mutual trust and lay solid
political foundation for development of bilateral relations.
The two countries will be able to further enhance cooperation in
the economic and trade areas, put into effect those fixed
agreements and endorsed projects, Jia said.
He also expressed China's desire to broaden exchange and
cooperation in the areas of cultural education, tourism, sports and
journalism, to encourage both sides to contact closely so as to
consolidate the social foundation of amity between the two
countries.
Yushchenko said Ukraine has set the development of ties with
China priority of its foreign policy.
Ukraine, as political and economic partner of China, is ready to
maintain high-level contact and exchange to enhance political
dialogue and deepen economic and trade cooperation, he added.
Ukraine is the last leg of Jia's four-nation European tour from
October 22 to November 3, which has taken him to Britain, Lithuania
and Estonia.
(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2006)
