Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Monday that China was one
of his country's most important partners in Asia and the two
countries foresaw even greater prospects in the future.
Klaus made the statement while meeting with visiting Chinese
Vice Premier Hui Liangyu.
The president said that frequent high-level visits in recent
years showed the close relationship between the Czech Republic and
China. Prague was glad to see that bilateral trade ties had also
developed rapidly.
China played an increasingly important role not only in Asia,
but also in terms of international affairs, and Czech-Chinese
cooperation had wide-ranging future prospects, Klaus said.
For the Chinese part, Hui said bilateral cooperation had been
achieved in the fields of trade, culture, education and
tourism.
China attached great importance to its relations with the Czech
Republic and was ready to promote more extensive bilateral
cooperation with concerted efforts in various areas, Hui said.
(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2006)
