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China's Top Legislator Meets Belarussian Parliament Head

When meeting with A. P. Voitovich, chairman of the House of Republics of the Belarussian National Assembly, Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of NPC, said that China hopes the bilateral ties between China and Belarus will grow further in the new century.

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Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said Thursday that China hopes the bilateral ties between China and Belarus will grow further in the new century.

Li made the remarks in his meeting with A. P. Voitovich, chairman of the House of Republics of the Belarussian National Assembly.

Li: bilateral ties pleasing

Li said that mutual understanding and support form a solid foundation for the healthy and steady development of China- Belarussian ties, adding that China is pleased to see such development in political, economic and other areas a decade after the two countries forged diplomatic ties.

He said that the two countries have already signed more than 50 documents for cooperation and have set up mixed committees for economic affairs and scientific and technological cooperation, respectively, thus enhancing mutual understanding and friendship.

Li thanked Belarus for its support to China on the issues of human rights, Tibet and Taiwan.

Li also spoke highly of the frequent contact and close cooperation between the NPC and the Belarussian National Assembly, saying that such contacts play an important role in the growth of bilateral ties. He welcomed the cooperation between special committees of the Belarussian parliament and their counterparts of the NPC.

Li also briefed the guests on China's policy on anti-terrorism and the admission into the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Voitovich: cooperation to be strengthened

Voitovich told Li that the Belarussian National Assembly attached importance to its ties with the NPC. He said that the legal basis of the bilateral ties are solid and sound and the Belarussian parliament and the NPC should strengthen their cooperation in law-making for the further progress of such ties.

He congratulated China on its WTO entry and said that his country can learn from China in this area.

He reiterated that Belarus will consistently adhere to the One- China policy and support China's reunification.

Sino-Belarussian relations

On January 20 1992, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Tian Zengpei and Belarussian Foreign Minister Kravchenko signed the agreement of establishing Sino-Belarussian diplomatic relations in Beijing.

After the establishment of diplomatic relations, the development of Sino-Belarussian relations has been smooth with frequent inter-visits between the high-ranking officials.

Sino-Belarussian cooperation in other fields has also started. More than 30 documents for corporation between the two governments and government departments have been signed, involving politics, trade and economy, science and technology, judiciary, culture, education, sanitation, sports, transportation, etc. The committee of trade and economy and the committee of science and technology have been set up by the two governments and are both functioning well.

At the present moment, four pairs of cities and provinces/states have set sister-city relations. They are: the cities of Changchun and Minsk; Hubei Province and Bulestechou; the cities of Xiaogan (Hubei) and Brest; and the cities of Huaiyin (Jiangsu) and Gemaili.

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