Jiang Proposes Ways to Boost Sino-Brazil TiesVisiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin put forward proposals Brasilia on Wednesday to boost cooperation with Brazil in economy, science and technology and international affairs.Jiang made the proposals during his talks with Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso. China and Brazil, the two largest developing countries in the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere respectively, have the obligations to play a positive role in pushing forward the healthy development of world politics and economy, Jiang said. Enhanced coordination and increased cooperation and the deepening of strategic partnership between the two nations are of major significance to augmenting the overall strength of the developing countries and to establishing a fair and rational new international political and economic order. In this regard, the Chinese president proposed to maintain top-level contacts and personnel exchanges between the two countries so as to help coordinate their stances to safeguard the two countries' interests and those of the whole developing world, he said. He also suggested that mutually beneficial cooperation in trade and economy and science and technology be strengthened so as to add more substance to the strategic partnership. "There are still potentials to tap in this regard," he added. Bilateral trade and investment could be expanded, Jiang said. " The governments of the two countries should strengthen marco- economic adjustment in a bid to support, direct and regulate the trade and economic cooperation among the enterprises," he told Cardoso. Assistance and convenience should be given to those projects that are competitive and beneficial to the market prosperity and economic development of the two nations, he said. "We are confident of achieving yet another breakthrough in bilateral trade and economic cooperation," he said. Scientific and technological cooperation, in particular the high-tech cooperation, can also be expanded, he said. Saying that China and Brazil have already carried out fruitful cooperation in the aerospace area, Jiang called for efforts to explore more areas for bilateral cooperation, including information technology, bio-engineering, pharmaceutics and new materials. He also called for efforts to speed up the application of the scientific achievements to serve their countries' economic development. Jiang said China and Brazil should support each other in regional and international affairs. He said both sides should consolidate existing consultative mechanisms and open up new dialogue and coordination channels. Expressing China's willingness to work with Brazil to continue promoting their strategic partnership, Jiang said: "We can strengthen cooperation within the framework of the World Trade Organization." Cardoso agreed with Jiang's comments and proposals. He told Jiang that Brazil would play its due part in the endeavors. Jiang, now on his second visit to Brazil, arrived in Brasilia earlier Wednesday for a working visit. |
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