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Top leaders meet Malaysian deputy PM respectively

Chinese President Hu Jintao and top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo Tuesday met with visiting Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

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Hu Jintao Meets Malaysian Deputy PM

Chinese President Hu Jintao and top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo Tuesday met with visiting Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Hu Jintao: Sino-Malaysian ties developing soundly

Relations between China and Malaysia are developing soundly, Chinese President Hu Jintao said during the meeting with Badawi.

Sino-Malaysian ties, Hu noted, had been increasingly matured after about three decades of growth.

The two countries transcended difference of ideology and social systems and successfully handled problems in bilateral ties while enhancing mutual understanding and trust proceeding from the overall situation in their bilateral relationships, Hu said.

China highly appreciated Malaysia's adherence to the "one-China" policy and its active role in promoting ties between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), he said.

Hu went on to say that China and Malaysia, as developing Asian nations, had shared extensive common interests and consensus in international and regional affairs.

China's goal of attaining a relatively well-off society and Malaysia's efforts to realize its Vision 2020, could bring new opportunities for bilateral cooperation, he acknowledged.

Moreover, the president said, China was ready to work with Malaysia for still more splendid tomorrow for bilateral ties and contribute still more in safeguarding regional peace and stability and promoting common development.

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Badawi spoke highly of many good suggestions set forth by the Chinese leadership for promoting bilateral ties. China's development presented an important opportunity to Malaysia and would be conducive to development in Southeast Asia, he said.

Malaysia supported China's active role in international and regional affairs and hoped to enhance its cooperation with China within the United Nations, he said.

Malaysia also welcomed China's participation in the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation in Southeast Asia and would make concerted efforts with China to maintain stability in the South China Sea and regional peace, he said.

Malaysia adhered to the "one-China" policy, he noted, and would have no political contacts whatsoever with Taiwan.

Deputy Prime Minister Badawi also appreciated China's vital role in seeking a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

President Hu said the six-party talks in Beijing last month signaled an important step towards the direction of peaceful solution.

Top Chinese legislator meets Malaysian deputy PM

Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), pointed to the substantial development of Sino-Malaysian relations in their 29 years of diplomatic ties, and said the new Chinese leadership valued bilateral relations and would work with Malaysian leaders in the spirit of friendship and partnership.

Wu hoped China and Malaysia would promote relations in the coming year which would be the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties, while 2005 would be the 600th anniversary of the voyage led by Zheng He (1371-1435), a Chinese eunuch navigator who led seven great naval voyages between 1405 and 1433 into Southeast Asia and westward to India, Persia, Arabia, and Africa.

He said the increasing exchanges between the NPC and the Malaysian parliament had become an important component of relations, hoping the two sides would strengthen exchanges and cooperation to enhance mutual understanding and traditional friendship.

Wu said China's development was a good opportunity for Asian economic growth, and China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) were building a free trade area for common prosperity and development.

Badawi said the Malaysia-China relationship was important for Malaysia and the two countries had strong cooperative relations in economic and other fields.

He said Malaysia paid much attention to China's participation in ASEAN's development process, and ASEAN countries viewed China as a permanent friend and cooperative partner.

Malaysia would work with China to promote exchanges and cooperation in such fields as tourism, education, science, technology and labor, said Badawi.

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