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Mongolia, China to Continue Friendly Relations
Mongolian President Nachagyn Bagabandy met with Wei Jianxing, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Monday in Ulan Bator.
Wei, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, conveyed Chinese President Jiang Zemin's regards to Bagabandy.
Wei said that over the past decade, with joint efforts from both sides, Sino-Mongolian relations have made rapid progress, with fruitful cooperation in various fields and enhanced mutual trust.
Bagabandy's Chinese trip in 1998 and Jiang's visit to Mongolia in 1999 brought the relations between the two countries into a new stage, and made clear the orientation for the development of bilateral relations in the 21st century, Wei said.
Friendly relations between China and Mongolia are not only in the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also conducive to peace and development in the region and the world, Wei said.
China will make efforts with Mongolia to abide by the basic principles of the treaty of relations of friendly cooperation, promote the development of long-term good-neighborly relations characterized by mutual trust and forever be good friends and good neighbors, Wei said.
Bagabandy said Mongolia and China have long enjoyed friendly relations and the exchange of visits by the two countries' leaders in recent years has advanced such relations to a new stage.
China has become the biggest investor in Mongolia and its biggest trade partner, he said.
He thanked the Chinese government for respecting the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Mongolia, and the Mongolian people's choice for the road of development.
The president also thanked China for supporting Mongolia's proposal to build a nuclear-free zone in Mongolia.
He said Mongolia will continue to support China's positions on the issues of Taiwan and Tibet.
Earlier in the day, Wei met with Lhamsurengyn Enebish, chairman of the Mongolian State Great Hural and general secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP).
Wei expressed appreciation for Enebish's contributions to Sino-Mongolian relations as chairman of the Mongolian-Chinese Friendship Association.
Different social systems of the two countries and ideological differences between the two parties can not hamper exchanges between the two sides, he said.
The CPC attaches importance to the relations with the MPRP and is ready to enhance exchanges and cooperation with the MPRP on the basis of the four principles for party-to-party relations, so as to promote relations between the two countries, he said.
Wei spoke highly of cooperation between the two parliaments, and expressed hope that they would conduct more fruitful cooperation.
Enebish said to develop good-neighborly relations of friendly cooperation is one of the priorities of Mongolia's foreign policy and Mongolia is glad that bilateral relations have developed to the present level.
The Mongolian State Great Hural will make efforts with China's National People's Congress to continue to promote Mongolian-Chinese relations in the next century, he said.
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