NPC Vice-Chairman Meets Vanuatu GuestsJiang Chunyun, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress ( NPC), in Beijing on September 21 with a delegation from the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) of Vanuatu, which is headed by Union President Serge Vohor.Vohor is also deputy prime minister and minister of economy, trade and tourism of Vanuatu. Jiang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said that the CPC is willing to expand the friendly relationship of cooperation with the UMP on the basis of the four principles for party-to-party relations. He expressed belief that the China visit by Vohor will make an important contribution to the development of relations between the two parties and the two countries. Vohor said that the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the UMP and the CPC during his visit marked a new starting point of the relations between the two parties. Vohor said that the government of Vanuatu and the UMP stick to the "one China" policy and hold that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. He said he believes that the Taiwan issue will be resolved under the "one country, two systems" concept. |
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