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Hu Jintao meets Kissinger in Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-17 19:00 China and the United States,
under new historic circumstances, "should work to push their constructive and
cooperative relations to a new high," President Hu Jintao said here Tuesday in a
meeting with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
"This will be achieved if the two sides always abide by the three Sino-US
joint communiques, continue to expand common points of the interest, and
properly understand and handle their disputes and concerns," said Hu, who is
also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and
Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Hu spoke highly of Kissinger's important contributions to the improvement and
development of the China-US relations in many years, saying the new century has
seen this relationship, in general, is "maintaining a momentum of positive
growth."
A good relationship between the two nations is not only in the interests of
the two peoples, but also conducive to peace, stability, development and
prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and the world as a whole, he said.
Voicing agreement with Hu's comments on US-China ties, Kissinger, the
82-year-old foreign policy expert who has witnessed meetings between eight US
presidents and four generations of Chinese leaders, said the United States and
China share extensive common interests.
The US values and is working to develop a closer relationship with China, and
willing to promote bilateral cooperation in various sectors, he said, adding
that he visited many places on his current China tour and saw great changes
taking place in the country.
This visit has left him a positive impression over many aspectsof China, he
said, vowing to make even greater contributions to the growth of the US-China
ties.
Present on the occasion were Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing and Xiong
Guangkai, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Kissinger, who arrived in Beijing on May 10 for a goodwill visit at
the invitation of China Institute for International Strategic Studies, was
expected to leave Beijing for home shortly after the meeting.
During his visit in Beijing, Kissinger delivered a speech on the new world
order and met with high-ranking Chinese officials.
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