Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with Slovenian Prime
Minister Anton Rop in Beijing Wednesday.
Since the two countries established diplomatic relations 11
years ago, Wen said,
China and Slovenia have exchanged frequent visits.
In the past four years, Wen said, the bilateral trade volume
increased year by year to a record high last year, ten times as
high as when the two countries started their formal
relationship.
Not only trade and economic ties, but also cultural,
educational, and scientific and technological relations were
developing very well, said Wen.
The two countries treated each other fairly, respected each
other's choice on how to develop, did not interfere in each other's
internal affairs and carried out practical cooperation, Wen
said.
He said China is willing to strengthen and push forward the
existing friendly cooperative relationship with Slovenia.
Deepening mutual political trust and expanding more practical
cooperation would be the common job faced by the two governments,
Wen said.
Wen suggested that the two countries keep high-profile contact
in order to increase mutual understanding and trust, encourage
enterprises to expand cooperation in order to strengthen economic
ties, and promote cultural and scientific exchange in order to make
the friendship sustainable.
Wen also spoke on China's current political and economic
situation to his Slovenian counterpart.
Rop said he agreed with Wen's comment on the bilateral relations
as well as his suggestion for boosting the relationship.
He said his government always attached great importance to the
relationship with China and will always stick to the one-China
policy.
He said Slovenian business people have showed great interest in
expanding business relations with the Chinese.
The proposed entry of Slovenia into the European Union early
next year would provide new opportunities to Slovenian-Chinese
cooperation.
Rop said his country would like to see an overall development of
cooperative relations with China.
(Xinhua News Agency December 4, 2003)