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China, Mongolia Issue Joint Communique

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The governments of China and Mongolia released the Sino-Mongolian Joint Communique in Beijing Friday.

The joint communique says that Mongolian Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar paid an official visit to China from January 7 to 12, 2001.

During the visit, Enkhbayar met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He also held talks with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. The leaders reached a consensus on a broad range of issues including the current international situation, Sino-Mongolian relations and their respective domestic situation.

Both sides agree that the regional situation and international situation are undergoing important and profound changes at the turn of the century, and it is of strategic importance to continueto develop a long-term, stable and healthy good-neighborly cooperative relationship of mutual trust between the two countries.

The joint communique says both sides are satisfied with the present state of bilateral relations and reiterate they will make further efforts to expand cooperation in various fields.

The joint communique says both sides hold that the traditional high-level exchange of visits and contacts between China and Mongolia are of special significance to their bilateral relations and play an important role in promoting mutual understanding and cooperation.

Both sides agree to increase cooperation in the fields of culture, education, science and technology, and tourism, in exchanges of personnel, and in international and regional affairs.Both sides express satisfaction with the ongoing second round of border checks between the two countries.

The joint communique says that Mongolia sets developing all-round friendly cooperation with China as one of the priorities in its foreign policy, which China expresses appreciation and support.China attaches importance to its relations with Mongolia and will continue to devote itself to the development of good-neighborly relations of friendly cooperation with Mongolia.

Both sides agree to respect the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and the development mode of the other side.

The Chinese side expresses support to the nuclear-free zone status of Mongolia, and the Mongolian side reiterates that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing the whole of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.

On its part, the Mongolian side supports China's principle on the Taiwan issue, that is, "one country, two systems" and peacefulreunification. The Mongolian side does not support "Taiwan independence," the joint communique says.

On economic cooperation, the two sides hold that rapid progresshas been made in Sino-Mongolian economic and trade cooperation, but there is still a great potential in this area. Both sides express willingness to advance bilateral cooperation in great depth and width so as to elevate bilateral economic and trade relations to new height.

The joint communique says that two sides have exchanged views on major projects such as developing natural resources and connecting infrastructure facilities in eastern Mongolia and northeastern China.

The Mongolian side congratulates China on its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Both sides agree to develop economic and trade cooperation in accordance with WTO rules.

The joint communique says that during the Mongolian prime minister's visit, the two sides signed an agreement on China providing free aid to Mongolia for economic and technological cooperation, and exchanged letters on China providing refined oil to Mongolia on the account of China's 2001 donation.

The two sides agree to support cooperation between the two countries in the humanitarian field and cooperation between non-governmental departments.

The two sides hold that all countries should abide by the aims and principles of the United Nations Charter and widely accepted basic norms governing international relations. The domestic affairs should be decided by the government and its people of the country concerned, international affairs should be handled by relevant governments and peoples through negotiations on an equal footing, and the democratization of international affairs should be advocated.

The joint communique says that it is the consensus between the two sides that the history, culture, social systems and development patterns of various countries should be respected, anddifferent cultures and social systems in the world should and can coexist by learning each other's good points for common progress and seeking common ground while reserving differences.

Both sides stress that the United Nations is an intergovernmental international organization with the widest representation, whose role in maintaining world peace and security,resolving international disputes and promoting economic and socialcooperation cannot be replaced by other international or regional organizations, and should be strengthened.

Both sides condemn any form of international terrorism, and appeal for further international cooperation in the fight against terrorism, with the major role of the UN and its Security Council in this field brought into play.

The two sides speak highly of the achievements made by the two countries and their people in domestic construction, which is of great importance to regional peace and stability.

The joint communique says that Mongolian Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar thanked China for its warm welcome and conveyedgreetings from Mongolian leaders to Chinese leaders. Enkhbayar invited Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to visit Mongolia and Zhu accepted the invitation.

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