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Chinese Vice-President Meets Myanmar SPDC Chairman
Chinese Vice President Meets Myanmar SPDC Chairman
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Vice-President Hu Jintao, who is paying an official visit to Myanmar, met with Chairman of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Senior- General Than Shwe at the Pyithuluttaw (People's Parliament) Hall Monday and they chatted in a friendly atmosphere.
Hu first conveyed the cordial greetings and good wishes of President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji to chairman Than Shwe and the Myanmar people.
He said, "The aim of my Myanmar visit on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar is to enhance the 'paukphaw' (fraternal) friendship and to deepen the two countries' cooperation so as to ceaselessly develop the Sino-Myanmar friendly cause initiated by leaders of elder generations of the two countries."
China and Myanmar are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers and Myanmar is one of the earliest countries that recognized the People's Republic of China after New China was founded, Hu noted, recalling that Myanmar had firmly supported China in resuming its legal seat in the United Nations.
In the past half century, no matter how the international situation changed, Sino-Myanmar ties have been consistently maintained and steadily developed, he pointed out, attributing this to the joint efforts made by successive leaders of the two countries and the two peoples.
He expressed willingness to strive with the Myanmar side and actively implement the contents contained in the China-Myanmar Joint Statement, and deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation of the two nations in each sector so that the bilateral ties would sustainably and steadily develop in the new century.
He appraised and thanked Myanmar government for its consistent abidance by the "One China" policy which says Myanmar would never establish official ties with Taiwan in any form.
He also said in recent years, under the leadership of the Myanmar SPDC headed by chairman Than Shwe, Myanmar government and people have gained important achievements in bringing about political stability, national reconciliation, economic development and in foreign relations.
"For these, we, as a friendly neighbor, are heartily delighted, " he said, expressing the belief that with Myanmar possessing rich natural resources and its people's diligence, Myanmar government and people are bound to overcome various difficulties and will score greater achievements on its road forward and build its own country even better.
At the meeting, Chairman Than Shwe requested Vice-President Hu Jintao to convey his cordial greetings and good wishes to the Chinese leaders and the Chinese people.
Than Shwe said the visit of Vice-President Hu on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Myanmar and China has important significance in continuously pushing ahead the development of the two countries' ties.
He briefed Hu on Myanmar's domestic political and economic situation, saying that Myanmar government and people will never forget the Chinese government and people for their true and valuable support for Myanmar's national cause of construction.
He hoped that China, as a big developing nation, would play a greater role in international and regional affairs in a bid to safeguard the interests of the broad developing countries, build up a more reasonable and new international order and make greater contribution to the cause of peace and development in Asia and the world over.
He also said that Myanmar will consistently abide by the "One China" policy, wishing heartily that China's reunification cause will be realized at an early date.
In the afternoon, Vice-President Hu Jintao and his entourage visited the Maha Bandoola Bridge and the Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge.
In the evening, Hu will call on Chinese embassy staff and meet with representatives of Myanmar-Chinese and Chinese residents in the country.
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