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Australia Attaches Great Importance to Ties with China: PM

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that his government attaches great importance to relations with China.


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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that his government attaches great importance to relations with China.

He made the remarks at a meeting here with Liu Yunshan, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

He said Australia and China have seen their mutual trust enhanced, people-to- people contacts getting closer and trade and economic ties tightened ever since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between them since 1972.

The prime minister expressed appreciation over the positive role China plays in international and regional affairs, especially in the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

Howard also stressed that Australia upholds firmly to the One-China policy.

Liu, also member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, said that China's new leadership attaches great importance to the development of the Sino-Australian relations.

The Chinese side is willing to promote a long-term and stable cooperation between the two countries in joint efforts with Australia in the new century, he said.

Liu, who arrived here Monday for a week-long visit to Australia, has also met Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer; Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Richard Alston as well as leaders of the ruling and opposition parties.


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