State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met in Beijing Tuesday with a
delegation of Myanmar State Peace and Development Council led by
its First Secretary Thein Sein.
Tang said China and Myanmar are friendly neighbors and their
mutually-beneficial cooperation in various fields have produced
remarkable results.
China will further the good-neighborly relationship with Myanmar
and promote pragmatic cooperation in trade and drug enforcement,
Tang said.
Thein Sein briefed Tang on the domestic situation in Myanmar.
Tang said China sincerely hoped Myanmar could maintain stability,
national concord and economic development, which serve the
interests of Myanmar people and are conducive to regional peace,
stability and development.
Thein Sein said Myanmar will strengthen exchanges and
cooperation with China, and Myanmar appreciates China's support and
assistance to its national construction and economic
development.
Thein Sein is on an official good-will visit to China from June5
to 10 at the invitation of the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress.
(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2007)
