A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Friday that China regards strengthening relations with Peru and other developing countries as an important basis for its foreign policy.

Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remark during a meeting with a delegation from the Popular Action Party of Peru, which is headed by its leader Valentin Paniagua.

Li said China and Peru announced the establishment of an "all- round cooperative partnership" in early 2005. This signified that the relations between the two countries have entered a new stage of development.

Li said China is ready to join efforts with Peru to further deepen friendly cooperation in various areas and continuously add new impetus to Sino-Peruvian all-round cooperative partnership.

Li thanked Peru for supporting China on such issues as Taiwan, Tibet and human rights.

On the relationship between CPC and the Popular Action Party of Peru, Li said that the CPC is ready to strengthen friendly communications with the Popular Action Party and other political parties in Peru. This will jointly push forward the extensive growth of the all-round cooperative partnership between the two countries.

Paniagua said both Peru and China are civilized countries with a long history. The people of both countries have reinforced and strengthened their traditional friendship during the past few years.

Paniagua said that friendly communications between the Popular Action Party of Peru and the CPC of China have already become a crucial factor to promote bilateral relations.

Noting that Peru is glad to see the huge achievements that China made in its reform and opening to the outside world, Paniagua wishes the Chinese people even greater achievements in the process of building their bright future and realizing the reunification of the country.

Source: Xinhua