Chinese Leader Meets With Cambodian Prime Minister 　　Li Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 10, said that the Chinese people have been and will be good friends of the Cambodian people. 　　Li said Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and other Chinese leaders of the older generation placed great importance on the Sino-Cambodian friendship and that the new generation of leaders with Jiang Zemin at the core are carrying on that tradition and promoting bilateral friendship. 　　He congratulated Cambodia on its national peace and reconciliation and said that China had also suffered from wars and is well aware of the fact that people, after making a great effort, will treasure the hard-earned peace and stability even more. 　　This can become a strong force for overcoming difficulties and for further development, he said, adding that he believes that the Cambodian people, under the leadership of King Norodom Sihanouk and the new government and with political stability, will successfully develop the economy and improve their lives. 　　Hun Sen said the people of both countries cherish their longstanding friendship, to which the older generation of leaders made an outstanding contribution. 　　He said he will try his best to develop bilateral ties and strengthen co-operation, and has been deeply impressed by China's sticking to equality in dealing with all the nations, big or small, weak or strong. Cambodia admires that very much, he added. 　　He said that Cambodia, after 30 years of war and chaos, has finally achieved national reconciliation and peace and its new government will work toward firming up that hard-earned peace, healing the wounds of war, and developing the economy. 　　He expressed his sincere thanks to China for its disinterested support of Cambodia's national reconciliation and peace cause. HomeNews 1999-02-11 Page1 Full Story in Chinese