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Hu: China-EU ties getting 'more mature'
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-05 14:59 Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Beijing Monday
with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President of the European Union (EU)
Commission Manuel Barroso, and EU Council Secretary-General Javier Solana, who
are in Beijing to attend the eighth China-EU summit.
Chinese President
Hu Jintao (R) meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other EU
officials in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 5,
2005. Britain has assumed the EU rotating presidency for the second
half of this year and Blair is in Beijiing for the EU-China summit to open
on Monday. [newsphoto] | Hu said he had "very good
talks" with Blair and Barroso not long ago in Gleneagles, Scotland, and Beijing,
respectively. He is very glad to meet them again in Beijing.
China-EU leaders keeping frequent exchanges is conducive to enhancing mutual
understanding, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation and boosting the
development of China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, he said.
Blair, whose country now holds the EU rotating presidency, said the EU-China
comprehensive strategic partnership is "very important," not only in bilateral
trade and economic cooperation, but also in their cooperation in important
political issues of the world.
Hu said China-EU ties are getting more mature after 30 years' development.
The two sides kept frequent high-level dialogues and consultation, and the
bilateral trade volume has seen continuous substantive increases.
Meanwhile, China and the EU has made new progress in their cooperation on
some important projects, and kept close contacts and coordination on major
international and regional issues, he added.
"We appreciate EU's adherence to the one-China policy and its efforts in
facilitating bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation," Hu said.
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