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DAMASCUS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad said Thursday his country will deepen
the relations of mutual benefit and cooperation with
China so as to push the bilateral ties to a new height.
Assad made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese
Vice Premier Hui Liangyu in Damascus on Thursday.
The Syrian president appreciated the deepening
cooperation between the two countries in various fields,
stressing that Syria and China have shared political
mutual trust and cooperated in the economic field for a
long time.
Assad highlighted that Syria attaches great
importance to the Syria-China relations as China is a
friend of Syria and the Arab world.
The president also reiterated Syria's firm and
consistent position on the one-China policy.
For his part, Hui said as one of the earliest Arab
countries which established diplomatic ties with the
People's Republic of China, Syria and China have enjoyed
a sound and stable relationship for more than five
decades.
He pointed out that the two countries have broad
prospects of cooperation as both of them are developing
countries and face the same challenges of developing
economy and improving people's livelihood.
The vice premier also voiced China's willingness,
along with Syria, to strengthen coordination and expand
mutually beneficial cooperation in a bid to deepen
bilateral ties.
China suggests that the two countries should
maintain contacts of all levels, enhance mutual
understanding and friendship, share experience of reform
and development to learn from each other, and expand
trade, investment and technical cooperation in an effort
to bring concrete benefits to both Chinese and Syrian
people, he said.
Hui arrived in Damascus on Wednesday afternoon for a
three-day official visit to Syria at the invitation of
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah al-Dardari.
Syria and China inked Wednesday an agreement on
economic and technical cooperation, in which China
offers to grant Syria a financial assistance of 20
million yuan (2.93 million U.S. dollars). |
