Chinese President Hu Jintao
and US President George W. Bush had a phone conversation Thursday
evening, according to sources with Chinese Foreign Ministry.
On the recent exchanges across the Taiwan Straits, Hu stressed
that the proper handling of the Taiwan issue remains the key to the
healthy growth of China-US relations. China hopes the US side to
adopt a constructive attitude in support of the improvement and
development of relations across the Taiwan Straits and supports the
cross-Straits situation to march toward peace and stability, Hu
said.
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Bush reiterated that the US government adheres to the one-China
policy, emphasizing that the stance remains unchanged.
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Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese president said,
"We have adopted a series of important measures to improve
relations and promote exchanges across the Taiwan Straits." All
these moves have "won the consent of 1.3 billion Chinese people,
including Taiwan compatriots, and are widely acclaimed by the
international community," Hu said.
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Hu said that "We will continue to promote the improvement and
development of cross-Straits relations and actively push forward
the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland."
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On bilateral ties, Bush said the United States places importance
to its relations with China. He made positive comments on the
maintenance of high-level contacts between the United States and
China, saying that every US-China summit was fruitful.
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Bush also said the US side attaches importance to the continuous
enhancement of trade and economic relations between the two
countries.
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Hu said that Sino-US relations maintain steady growth in general
and such a momentum conforms to the fundamental interests of the
two countries and two peoples and is conducive to the peace,
stability and development in the Asia Pacific region and the world
at large.
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He is ready to make concerted efforts with President Bush for
the healthy progress of Sino-US relations.
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Hu said trade and economic cooperation between China and the
United States have brought substantial benefits to the people of
the two countries. As the scale of Sino-US trade and economic
cooperation expanded, the occurrence of certain frictions was
inevitable, Hu said.
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Noting that the problems were caused by various reasons, Hu said
the two sides should resolve them in gradual paces and on the basis
of equality and mutual benefit.
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Hu hoped the 16th meeting of Sino-US Joint Commission on
Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to be held in Beijing soon would achieve
positive results in addressing the common concern of the two
sides.
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Hu and Bush also exchanged views on regional situation and other
issues of mutual interests.?
(Xinhua News Agency May 6, 2005)