Economic and trade cooperation between China and Georgia will
progress with their joint efforts, Premier Wen Jiabao said in
Beijing Wednesday.
Wen said in a meeting with visiting Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili that both countries should enhance cooperation in
agriculture, science, technology and transport, and create
conditions to attract cross investment.
China and Georgia enjoy a traditional friendship and have
witnessed stable growth of cooperation since forging diplomatic
ties in 1992, he said.
The Chinese government valued its relations with Georgia, and
respected Georgia's domestic and foreign policies, he said, noting
that the Chinese government was ready to work with Georgia for the
development of bilateral ties on the basis of mutual respect,
equality and mutual benefits.
Saakashvili said Georgia and China had witnessed rapid growth of
bilateral relations and positive achievements in economic and trade
cooperation.
Georgia took a positive view of China's development, the
president said, acknowledging that his country was ready to learn
from China's experience of reform and opening-up.
Georgia would join in China to increase bilateral cooperation in
economy, trade, skills development, telecommunications, electric
power, transport and tourism, and to promote the growth of
mutually-beneficial cooperation.
(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2006)
