Myanmar Leader Meets Chinese State Councilor

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Myanmar Leader Meets Chinese State Councilor

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Chairman of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council Wang Zhongyu Monday in Yangon.

At the meeting, Than Shwe said Myanmar and China are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, and the "Paukphaw" (fraternal) friendship between the two countries has been long-standing, exchanging friendly as paukphaw and relatives.

He noted that President Jiang Zemin's visit to Myanmar last year scored complete success, adding that Myanmar will make friendly deal with China generation by generation.

He briefed that Myanmar is making great efforts in the development of agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries, stressing that the country pays attention to the development of human resources.

He also said Myanmar will never forget the strong support extended by China towards Myanmar in its economic construction and international affairs.

On the occasion, Wang Zhongyu noted that for more than 50 years since China and Myanmar established diplomatic relations, the two countries' good-neighborly ties have been continuously developing.

Through reciprocal visits at high level, it has pushed the continuous expansion of their economic and trade ties and development of Sino-Myanmar relations, he said.

He pointed out that the common views reached between President Jiang and Myanmar leaders during Jiang's Myanmar visit last year has clearly shown a direction of the two countries' relations, enabling the friendly and cooperative ties between them enter into a new stage.

"Our visit this time is to implement the common views reached between President Jiang and Chairman Than Shwe and to further promote the economic cooperation between two countries, especially the cooperation in the sector of human resources development," he said.

Present on the occasion were Chinese Minister of Personnel Zhang Xuezhong, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Li Jinjun, Myanmar SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye, SPDC First Secretary Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt, Foreign Minister U Win Aung and Chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Board Dr. Than Nyunt.

On Sunday afternoon, Khin Nyunt, who also met here with the visiting Chinese state councilor, said Myanmar and China jointly advocated the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, adding that leaders of new generations of the two countries all pay very much attention to the continuous development of Myanmar-China ties.

He pointed out that the major achievements made by China in economic construction and the important role played by China day by day in the international affairs have inspired the developing nations deeply.

He reiterated that Myanmar will always abide by the "one-China" policy as before.

The two sides also exchanged opinions over the common views reached between President Jiang and Myanmar leaders during Jiang's Myanmar visit and specially made further discussions on cooperation in the field of human resources development.

The Chinese personnel delegation, led by Wang Zhongyu, arrived here on Sunday on a four-day official visit to Myanmar at the invitation of Khin Nyunt. After its Myanmar visit, the delegation will proceed to Cambodia and the Philippines.

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