Chinese Premier Calls for More Asia-Europe Cooperation

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Chinese Premier Calls for More Asia-Europe Cooperation

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji called Monday morning on Asia and Europe to take more concrete measures and join hands in opening a new phase for cooperation between the two sides.

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Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji called Monday morning on Asia and Europe to take more concrete measures and join hands in opening a new phase for cooperation between the two sides.

Zhu made the statement in his speech at the opening ceremony of the fourth summit of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Copenhagen.

Since the first ASEM in 1996, he noted, there have been fruitful cooperative results between Asia and Europe with more political dialogues, closer economic and trade relations and expanding cooperation of mutual benefit in science, technology, culture and education.

Pointing out that the current international situation is undergoing complicated and profound changes, and multi-polarity and economic globalization are progressing with twists, the Chinese premier said that the "September 11" incident has its impact on the international situation, conventional and unconventional security issues have inter-woven, terrorism has put a threat to security, and there have emerged a number of uncertain factors in world economic development.

The issue of peace has not been solved while the issue of development has become ever more prominent, Zhu added.

He stressed that under such circumstances, to further strengthen Asia-Europe dialogues and cooperation conforms to the common interest of all countries in both Asia and Europe, and is also conducive to safeguarding world peace and promoting common development.

It is of very important practical significance for this meeting to discuss issues such as the current international and regional issues, new security, economic and financial cooperation, social and educational exchanges, and dialogues between cultures and civilizations, Zhu said.

He voiced his conviction that with efforts from participating leaders, the summit, in the principle of mutual respect and seeking common ground while reserving differences, is bound to achieve the expected goal and be a success.

Zhu, who arrived here Sunday morning following a four-day official visit to Austria, is also scheduled to attend the Fifth China-EU Summit and pay an official visit to Denmark.

Denmark is the second leg of Zhu's European tour, which will also take him to France.

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