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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) — Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Lacson in Beijing on Friday.
Zhao Leji noted that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the China-New Zealand comprehensive strategic partnership has maintained good momentum of development and brought benefits to the peoples of the two countries.
China is willing to develop traditional friendship with New Zealand, strengthen mutual understanding and trust, adhere to win-win cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, and continuously enrich the content of relations between the two countries, he said.
Zhao Leji added that the NPC is willing to work with the New Zealand Parliament to deepen friendly exchanges, strengthen cooperation within multilateral mechanisms and provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries.
K. Lacson, in turn, noted that New Zealand firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and the relations between the two countries have continuously achieved high-quality development. New Zealand is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China in trade, economic, humanitarian and other fields.
New Zealand is also willing to strengthen exchanges with Chinese legislatures and make joint efforts to respond to global challenges, he concluded. -0-