Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met on Tuesday with Ukrainian
Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Veselovsky.
Li said the China-Ukraine relations have developed smoothly over
the past 14 years and their cooperation has produced fruitful
results.
He said the Chinese government attaches great importance to its
relations with Ukraine and hopes to deepen political trust with
Ukraine and improve bilateral and international cooperation to
further promote China-Ukraine friendly relations.
Veselovsky said that to improve and develop Ukraine-China
friendly cooperative ties is in the basic interests of the two
countries and two peoples.
He said the Ukrainian government firmly abides by the one-China
policy and supports the Chinese government's efforts of maintaining
national sovereignty and territory integrity.
The two also exchanged views on international and regional
issues of common concern.
(Xinhua News Agency March 29, 2006)
