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Top Chinese Legislator Meets Lebanese PM

Constant contacts and exchanges between parliamentarians of China and Lebanon will promote bilateral friendship and cooperation, said China's top legislator Li Peng Monday.


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Top Chinese Legislator Meets Lebanese PM
Constant contacts and exchanges between parliamentarians of China and Lebanon will promote bilateral friendship and cooperation, said China's top legislator Li Peng Monday.

Li made the remarks at a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri who is on a three-day official visit to China as a guest of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji.

Li recalled Hariri's China visit in 1996, during which they had fruitful talks, and voiced his satisfaction with the development of bilateral relations since then.

China was pleased to see that the Lebanese people were recovering rapidly from its civil war and from the long occupation by Israel, and striving to re-build the country.

He said China believed Lebanon was bound to resume its prosperity soon with the unremitting efforts of the Lebanese people.

Li noted that Sino-Lebanese friendship dated back to ancient times and bilateral friendship and cooperation have progressed smoothly in the fields of politics, economy and culture since the two countries forged diplomatic ties over 30 years ago.

China and Lebanon, both developing countries, shared similar views on major international and regional issues and they had always understood and supported each other, Li said.

Li also mentioned Lebanese parliament leader Nabih Berri's successful visit to China last year and the Lebanese parliament delegation's participation in the third annual meeting of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace convened in China earlier this month.

Hariri said he and his entourage witnessed China's great development in various fields in recent years, and Lebanon was delighted to see China's achievements as China is a sincere friend of the Lebanese and Arabian people.

He pointed out that Lebanon was satisfied with the bilateral friendship and cooperation, including that between the two parliaments, and Lebanon would work with China to continue to push forward the development of bilateral friendship and cooperation.

They also exchanged in-depth views on the Middle East issue.

Li congratulated Lebanon on its successful hosting of the Arab summit meeting, and reiterated Chinese government's and people's consistent firm support for the just cause of the Lebanese and Arab people.


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