China and the United States should continue to cultivate
strategic mutual trust, objectively view the development and
correctly understand the strategic intention of the other, Chinese
President Hu Jintao said Friday.
Hu made the remarks in his meeting with US President George W.
Bush on the sidelines of the meeting between the Group of Eight
major industrialized nations and five major developing countries in
Germany's Baltic resort of Heiligendamm.
Both countries should "continue to enhance communication and
dialogue, increase trust, expand consensus so as to promote
cooperation," Hu said after the outreach session between the G8 and
five emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South
Africa.
Hu urged the US side to properly handle the Taiwan issue and
jointly maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and
the common strategic interests of the two countries.
He stressed that both should "meticulously maintain the overall
situation in the Sino-US trade" and "comprehensively and
objectively view" the problems during the rapid growth of Sino-US
economic cooperation.
Hu said China-US strategic economic dialogue as well as the
joint commissions on trade, economy and science and technology
should play a bigger role.
Economic and trade frictions should be dealt with by equal
dialogue and consultation and politicization of trade issues should
be avoided, he said.
Hu also suggested China and the United States expand cooperation
and consultation in such areas as energy, environmental protection
and climate change to make a contribution to maintaining the
world's energy security, combating global climate change and
improving habitat.
On major international and regional issues, the two countries
can also deepen consultation and coordination in a joint effort to
safeguard and promote peace, stability and prosperity in the
Asia-Pacific region and the world as a whole, Hu said.
Under the current international situation, a steady and healthy
growth of Sino-US ties complies with the fundamental interests of
both nations and peoples and will play an active role in promoting
peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and the world.
"China is willing to work with the United States so as to ensure
the Sino-US constructive and cooperative partnership to move along
a correct track," he said.
Bush said China's rapidly expanding economic might is noteworthy
in the international community.
The bilateral strategic economic dialogue, a way to resolve the
trade frictions, should be continued, he said.
He said the stance of the US government on Taiwan issue remains
unchanged, and the US side opposed the acts that will change the
status quo across the Taiwan Strait.
Bush also thanked China's endeavor to tackle the nuclear issue
on the Korean Peninsula and appreciated the active efforts made by
China on Darfur and Iran's nuclear issue.
(Xinhua News Agency June 9, 2007)
