Chinese, Malaysian Leaders Speak Highly of Bilateral Relations

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Chinese, Malaysian Leaders Speak Highly of Bilateral Relations

Visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi spoke highly of the development of Sino-Malaysian ties during their talk Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur.

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Visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi spoke highly of the development of Sino-Malaysian ties during their talks Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur.

Badawi expressed his hope that the two countries will broaden their cooperation in such fields as trade, science and technology, education, tourism and medicine, and explore more cooperation sectors and channels.

Hu, who shared Badawi's view on bilateral ties, said under the joint efforts of both sides, Sino-Malaysian relations have reached a new height of overall development with exchange and cooperation in various fields between the two countries expanding vigorously in recent years.

Hu cited the frequent exchange of visits between the Chinese Communist Party and Malaysia National Front and the United Malay National Organization as a example, adding that the two countries also signed a cultural cooperation agreement.

The trade volume between the two countries reached 9.4 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 17 percent over the previous year, he said. It is not easy to achieve such a result against the background that the growth of the global economy and trade was slowing down in 2001.

As developing countries, China and Malaysia share broad consensus in resisting power politics, meeting the challenges of economic globalization, safeguarding the rightful interests of the developing countries and enhancing cooperation among East Asian countries, Hu said, noting particularly the remarkable achievements in the "10+3" cooperation mechanism in East Asia.

Hu appreciated Malaysia's "one China" position and her support to China on human rights issue as well as her efforts in promoting Sino-ASEAN relations.

To further bilateral relations, the Chinese vice president expressed the hope that leaders of the two countries would continue exchange of visits, expand exchanges and cooperation at different levels and in various fields, and strengthen cooperation in agriculture, high-tech industry, natural resources utilization, infrastructure construction and tourism.

He also called for efforts to promote "10+3" cooperation and ASEAN Economic Forum as well as economic cooperation in pan-Asia railway construction and Mekong Basin development.

The two leaders held that efforts should be made to maintain stability in the South China Sea and agreed to conduct positive consultation on reaching an agreement of the code of conduct on the South China Sea.

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