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China, Turkey Signed Joint CommuniqueChina and Turkey signed a joint communique Wednesday, expressing their common determination to further develop the bilateral relations.The joint communique was signed by visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Turkish counterpart Suleyman Demirel. The two countries decided to forge closer ties of partnership on the basis of mutual respect, trust and benefit, as well as equality and common development, according to the document. The Chinese president arrived Tuesday for a state visit to Turkey at the invitation of Demirel. Jiang held talks with Demirel, and met with Speaker of Turkey's Grand National Assembly Yildirim Akbulut and Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on separate occasions. In a friendly and constructive atmosphere, the leaders of the two countries exchanged views on the bilateral relations, and international and regional issues with common concern, and reached consensus on a variety of topics, the communique said. In addition, the two countries signed a summary of the 13th meeting of the Sino-Turkish joint committee of economy and trade, and a framework agreement on the bilateral cooperation in the energy field. In the communique, Jiang and Demirel expressed their satisfaction with the development of bilateral ties since the two countries established diplomatic relations 29 years ago, which they said conforms to the common aspiration and the fundamental interest of the peoples of the two countries. The two sides have taken notice of the fact that promoting peace and development, adhering to the commonly-accepted principles and safeguarding the security of all countries have become the basic requirements of the modern international community, the statement said. While expressing their determination to pushing forward the friendly bilateral relations, the two sides reiterated their respect for human rights. The communique said that bilateral relations will continue to be guided by the well-acknowledged international norms such as mutual respect for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit as well as peaceful co-existence. The Turkish government reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy and recognition that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole, legitimate government of China. The two sides pledged to maintain exchanges and contacts at various levels to consolidate the existing friendly cooperation, and to elevate the relationship in the new century. The two countries will continue their top-level political consultation through the mechanism enshrined in the memorandum of understanding signed between their foreign ministries on November 13, 1997 as an effort to advance and deepen the overall relations. Meanwhile, the two countries also treasure the relationship between China's National People's Congress and Turkey's Grand National Assembly, and will expand parliamentary exchanges.
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