Senior legislator Han Qide met on Monday with visiting Bulgarian
Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, vowing to further promote
bilateral cooperation in various fields including the military
area.
Han, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress, China's top legislature, said China and Bulgaria
have been strengthening political trust and expanding exchanges and
cooperation in various areas over the past years.
He told Bliznakov that China attaches importance to developing
friendly relations with Bulgaria, and is ready to join hands with
the country to step up cooperation in a bid to promote the
sustained and healthy development of bilateral ties.
In response, Bliznakov said Bulgaria takes China as its most
important cooperative partner in Asia. The two countries have
witnessed increasing exchanges in recent years, and conducted
active cooperation in the defense field, he added.
He also reiterated Bulgaria's firm adherence to the one-China
policy.
Bliznakov is visiting China at the invitation of his Chinese
counterpart Cao Gangchuan.
(Xinhua News Agency September 25, 2007)
