Reinforcing and strengthening the good-neighborly and all-round
cooperative relationship between China and Vietnam in the new
situation are in the basic interest of both countries and their
people and conducive to peace, stability and development of the
region and the world, senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin said in
Hanoi Monday.
Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), arrived in Hanoi Monday
afternoon for an official goodwill visit at the invitation of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the
Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF).
Jia, also member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC), was greeted at the hotel by Nguyen Van Son, chairman of the
Commission for External Relations of the CPV and VFF Vice Chairman
Huynh Dam. Chinese ambassador to Vietnam Hu Qianwen and some senior
officials of the CPV and the VFF greeted Jia at the airport.
In a written statement issued at the airport, Jia said China and
Vietnam are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers. The
people of the two countries share a long tradition of friendship.
He said he witnessed the vigor of Vietnam's reform drive and felt
the friendly sentiments of the Vietnamese people for the Chinese
people as soon as he stepped upon this land.
Jia said over the past few years, China-Vietnam relations have
made continuous progress under the guidelines of long-term
stability, being oriented towards the future, friendship and good-
neighborliness and all-round cooperation. He noted that the leaders
of the two countries have maintained frequent contact, while trade
and economic cooperation has born rich fruits. The two sides have
continuously deepened exchanges of experience in building political
parties and governing the country, as well as advanced friendly
exchanges and cooperation in all fields.
Jia said he is looking forward to exchanging views with
Vietnamese leaders on the relations between the CPC and the CPV and
between the two countries, as well as other issues of common
concern.
Jia said through the visit, he will gain comprehensive knowledge
of the new achievements Vietnam has made in socialist construction
and reform. He expressed the wish that this visit would help deepen
mutual understanding, enhance friendship and mutual trust, advance
mutually beneficial cooperation and push forward the development of
the friendly, good-neighborly China- Vietnam relationship of
all-round cooperation.
Jia's Vietnam visit is slated for March 20 to 24. Besides Hanoi,
he will also visit Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2006)
