Chinese, Thai Parliamentary Leaders Vow to Enhance Ties

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Chinese, Thai Parliamentary Leaders Vow to Enhance Ties

Visiting Chinese top legislator Li Peng met with Thai parliamentary leaders Tuesday, as both sides agreed to further strengthen friendly cooperation between the two countries.

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Top Legislator Li Peng Meets with Thai Counterpart

Visiting Chinese top legislator Li Peng met with Thai parliamentary leaders Tuesday, as both sides agreed to further strengthen friendly cooperation between the two countries.

In two separate meetings with Thai National Assembly President Uthai Pimchaichon and Thai National Assembly Vice President Manoonkrit Rookachorn, Li and the two leaders held in-depth talks on bilateral ties between the two countries, inter-parliamentary exchanges and other issues of common interests.

Li said that Chinese legislature is willing to enhance exchanges with the Thai parliament, for the benefits of the two countries and two peoples of China and Thailand.

Li, a former Chinese Premier, said this is the fifth time for him to visit Thailand and he has been promoting and witnessing the development of increasingly closer ties between the two nations.

He stressed that since China and Thailand established diplomatic ties in 1975, with efforts of leadership of both sides, the two nations have formed a firm relationship of mutual trust, mutual benefit and mutual assistance.

The successful and fruitful cooperation between the two countries, Li said, not only brought real benefits for their people, but also contributed greatly to regional peace, stability and prosperity.

It has been proved that China and Thailand are "good neighbors, good friends and good partners in all the senses," and their relations have set an outstanding example for countries with different social systems to form ties of good neighborly cooperation of mutual benefits, he said.

On China's domestic issues, Li said the country enjoys political stability, sustainable economic growth and continuously-improving living standards of its citizens, noting that the Chinese economy posted a strong growth of 7.8 percent in the first half of 2002.

However, the China's top legislator pointed out that as for a populous developing country, China's development is unbalanced among its various regions, and more efforts are still needed for meeting the goal of national modernization by the year of 2050.

Uthai agreed with Li's comments on bilateral ties between the two countries and said he was pleased to see China's great achievements in all aspects.

To jointly contribute to the regional peace and development, Thailand and China should continue to enhance their cooperation, he said.

During his meeting with Manoonkrit, the China's top legislator said despite structural difference, the NPC (National People's Congress) and the Thai National Assembly shoulder similar duties in legislation and supervision.

The inter-parliamentary cooperation between the two countries have been close and smooth, playing great roles in enhance mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between the two peoples of China and Thailand, he said.

Li noted that the NPC and the Thai National Assembly have conducted exchanges at various levels and through different channels, and cooperated closely in international venues such as the parliamentary forums in the region.

Manoonkrit said Thailand and China are like "brothers" and hoped that the fruitful inter-parliamentary cooperation between them will keep its momentum and benefit peoples of both countries continuously.

Before meeting with Thai parliamentary leaders, Li presented a wreath to the statue of the late seventh king of the current Thai dynasty, who founded Thailand's modern legislature.

He also gave a batch of office equipment to the Thai parliamentas the gift from the NPC.

In the evening of Tuesday, Uthai and his wife held a grand party in honor of Li and his spouse.

Flying in here Tuesday afternoon, Li is visiting the kingdom between Sept. 3 and Sept. 8. Thailand is the first leg of his four-nation Asia-Pacific tour, which will also take him to Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia.

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