Chinese President Hu Jintao and US
president-elect Barack Obama Saturday discussed in a telephone
conversation relations between China and the United States and major
international issues of common concern, including the ongoing global
financial crisis.
In the telephone conversation, Hu
expressed appreciation to Obama for emphasizing in his election
campaign speeches the great importance of China-US relations, and for
advocating the strengthening of China-US cooperation in jointly
responding to global challenges and in sharing global development
opportunities.
Hu pointed out that since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 30
years ago, bilateral relations have generally kept developing despite
setbacks, scoring hard-earned achievements and bringing about tangible
interests to both nations.
As the largest developing nation and
the largest developed nation, China and the United States share
extensive common interests on issues related to world peace and
development, and both assume important responsibility in this regard,
Hu said.
In the new historical period of time,
China is willing to maintain high-level exchange with the United States
and also contacts at all levels, continue strategic dialogue with the
United States, increase exchange and cooperation between the two
countries in all fields, and strengthen the exchange of opinion and
coordination with the United States on major international and regional
issues, the Chinese president noted.
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