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China, US hold first strategic dialogue
(China Daily/Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-02 06:09
China and the United States held their first strategic dialogue yesterday and
agreed to increase co-operation and constructive relations.
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| Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of State
Robert Zoellick meet prior to the first Sino-US strategic dialogue in
Beijing yesterday. [Xinhua] | The closed-door
dialogue, the first senior-level meeting of its kind between the two countries,
was co-chaired by Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of
State Robert Zoellick, who arrived in Beijing on Sunday.
During a full day of discussions starting at 9 am, both sides exchanged views
in a candid and in-depth manner, according to a Foreign Ministry press release.
Both sides agreed the dialogue was helpful and constructive in improving
mutual understanding.
The two sides reiterated that the long-term, healthy and stable development
of Sino-US relations is in the interests of both nations and peoples.
Maintaining and expanding co-operation between China and the United States is
of great significance to promoting peace, stability and development of the
Asia-Pacific region and the world both at present and in the future, it said.
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