Chinese Vice Premier meets with Swiss VP

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met with Swiss Vice President and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter on Thursday, pledging closer ties between the two nations.

Wang said during the meeting that China and Switzerland enjoy sound development of bilateral ties and their economies are highly complementary.

The two sides need to uphold the principle of mutual benefit, seek common ground and handle problems with flexibility so as to create favorable conditions for the signing of a China-Switzerland free trade agreement, Wang said.

Burkhalter voiced hope for advancing negotiation on a balanced and mutual beneficial free trade agreement between the two countries.

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