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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — China is willing to work with Canada in the spirit of looking to the future to push forward the steady improvement of bilateral relations, lead them to the track of healthy and sustainable development, and pursue win-win cooperation, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Friday.
In a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, initiated by the latter, Li Qiang noted that Canada was one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. For a long time, these bilateral relations were at the forefront of China’s relations with Western countries, but in recent years they have encountered serious difficulties, he added.
The development of China and Canada presents opportunities rather than threats to each other, Li Qiang said, noting that there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the countries, only a tradition of friendship and mutual benefit.
The Premier expressed hope that the Canadian side will make joint efforts with China, objectively and rationally assess China’s development, and work together to achieve common success and prosperity.
According to Li Qiang, China-Canada cooperation has great potential as the two countries’ economies complement each other to a great extent. He called on both sides to deepen cooperation in traditional areas, expand cooperation in new areas such as green energy, climate change and scientific and technological innovation, and strengthen people-to-people, economic and trade exchanges.
The Chinese Premier called on the governments of both countries to listen to the opinions of their peoples, respond to their concerns and do more to strengthen bilateral friendly cooperation, mutual understanding and trust.
China is willing to cooperate with Canada on the basis of equality and mutual respect, seek and expand common ground while eliminating and narrowing differences, strengthen exchanges and dialogue in various fields, and give due consideration to each other’s concerns, Li Qiang said.
He also noted that China is willing to work with Canada to jointly safeguard multilateralism and free trade, promote economic globalization and the development of the multilateral trading system in the right direction, and bring greater stability to the world and development of the planet.
In turn, M. Carney said that Canada and China are linked by deep traditional friendship, and China is Canada’s second largest trading partner. According to him, although bilateral relations have experienced some difficulties in recent years, Canada is ready to resume ties with China.
The Canadian side looks forward to resuming high-level exchanges and dialogue mechanisms in areas such as diplomacy, economics and trade, as well as strengthening pragmatic cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and environmental protection, the Canadian prime minister added.
In light of the current international situation, Canada stands ready to strengthen ties and coordination with China, jointly safeguard the international financial and trading system, and contribute to global sustainable development, said M. Carney. –0–