Chinese Top Legislator Meets Mongolian PM

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, January 09, 2002

Chinese Top Legislator Meets Mongolian PM

The Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) is ready to promote cooperation with the State Great Hural of Mongolia to further the good-neighborly relations between the two countries.

The Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) is ready to promote cooperation with the State Great Hural of Mongolia to further the good-neighborly relations between the two countries.

Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, made the remarks Tuesday in a meeting with visiting Mongolian Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar.

Li said that China and Mongolia are good neighbors with a long border line, and should develop long-term and stable relations according to the five principles of peaceful co-existence.

He noted that he visited Mongolia in 1994, when the two sides signed a treaty on friendly relations of cooperation, laying the political and legal foundation for the development of the bilateral ties.

The Chinese and Mongolian heads of state have exchanged visits in recent years, and have advocated to establish a long-term and stable relation of mutual trust and good-neighborliness, highlighting Sino-Mongolian relations in the new century, he said.

Li briefed the guests on the organization and operation of the NPC, saying that the contacts between the two parliaments help develop state relations. The Chinese NPC has maintained close contact with the State Great Hural of Mongolia, and encouraged alldepartments of the two countries to launch further cooperation.

Enkhbayar praised the Sino-Mongolian treaty on friendly relations of cooperation signed in 1994 and spoke highly of the contribution Li Peng has made to furthering the Sino-Mongolian friendship.

He said that he has reached consensus with the Chinese leaders during the visit, adding that there is plenty of room for cooperation between the two countries.

He said that there have been frequent contacts between the parliaments of the two countries, and the visits have helped the Mongolian parliament members to better understand China.

Mongolia hopes to further the cooperation with the Chinese NPC and its special departments, he added.

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