President Hu Jintao met with Kyrgyz parliament speaker Marat
Sultanov on Wednesday and voiced support for closer cooperation
between the legislatures of the two countries.
"We support legislative bodies of the two countries to enhance
multi-level and multi-channel friendly exchanges and cooperation,
and exchange experience in such specific areas as legislation
perfection and administrative supervision," Hu told Sultanov,
Speaker of the Kyrgyz Supreme Council.
The Chinese president praised the current relations between the
legislatures of the two countries and believed they would promote
mutual understanding and the friendship between the two peoples and
make greater contribution to the good neighborly relationship and
friendly cooperation between the two countries.
China is keen to develop relations with Kyrgyzstan as the two
countries are traditional and friendly neighbors, Hu told Sultanov,
adding that for years, China has provided sincere support and
assistance for Kyrgyzstan in a persistent and firm manner within
bilateral and multilateral frameworks such as the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization.
"No matter how the international situation changes, China will,
as always, support Kyrgyzstan's effort to preserve its national
independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, to develop its
economy and to unswervingly push forward the Sino-Kyrgyz
good-neighborly and cooperative ties," Hu said.
For his part, Sultanov hailed the Kyrgyz-Chinese friendship
andChina's achievement in its national development, saying it is
very important for Kyrgyzstan to reinforce cooperation with China,
and to learn from China's experience in development.
He said his country is eager to expand cooperation with China in
such fields as trade and investment and pledged that the Kyrgyz
parliament will join hands with the National People's Congress of
China to push forward the relations between the two countries.
e also vowed that the Kyrgyz parliament will persistently and
firmly support China's stance on the Taiwan issue, which Hu
appreciated.
(Xinhua News Agency August 16, 2007)
