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China Urges Britain to Consult Each Other on Global Issues

As the current international situation is complicated and varied, China and Britain, both of which are permanent UN Security Council members, should make more exchanges of views on major international issues, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said Monday in a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the sidelines of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).


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Prime Minister Zhu Rongji Meets With British Prime Minister
As the current international situation is complicated and varied, China and Britain, both of which are permanent UN Security Council members, should make more exchanges of views on major international issues, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said Monday in Johannesburg.

During a 30-minute bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the sidelines of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Zhu said China values developing a full partnership of cooperation with Britain, adding that China is ready to work together with Britain to push the partnership to a new level.

The year 2002 is an "important year" for Sino-British relations, because it is the 30th anniversary of the founding of the ambassadorial level of relationship between the two countries and also the fifth anniversary of Hong Kong's returning to China's sovereignty, according to the Chinese premier.

In the past 30 years, Sino-British ties have overcome many difficulties and challenges and been growing continuously, Zhu recalled.

He said the smooth settlement of the Hong Kong issue has in particular advanced the relations into a new and all-around dimension.

Zhu gave the frequent exchanges of leaders' visit, steady expansion of bilateral trade and enhanced exchanges in various fields including culture, science, education and banking as supporting examples.

He said trade between the two countries surpassed the 10-billion-dollar mark last year and rose sharply in the first half of this year.

The Chinese premier is on a working visit to South Africa and attending the WSSD final session of heads of state and government.

South Africa is the last leg of Zhu's ongoing Africa tour, which also took him to Algeria, Morocco and Cameroon.

The 10-day summit is expected to focus on building a commitment at the highest levels of government and society to better implement Agenda 21, adopted 10 years ago in Rio, as the roadmap for achieving sustainable development.

For his part, Blair said he was happy to see a comprehensive and smooth growth of the relations between China and Britain.

He said China has made spectacular achievements in recent years, during which the situation in China is stable and its economy is growing rapidly.

Blair said Britain pays much attention to the development of the relations with China, adding that it is expected to enhance consultations on global issues with China.


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