China is ready to work with Tonga to expand cooperation to
benefit the peoples of the two countries, said President Hu Jintao
on Friday in a meeting with Tongan Prime Minister Feleti Vaka'uta
Sevele.
Hu said China and Tonga have maintained healthy and developing
relations based on mutual respect, equality and reciprocity since
the two countries forged diplomatic ties in the 1990s, and the
cooperation in trade, culture and health has been fruitful.
The two countries have also remained coordination in
international organizations such as the United Nations and World
Health Organization, Hu added.
Sevele expressed gratitude for China's assistance, saying Tonga
adheres to one-China policy.
He vowed to upgrade the cooperation with China as well as the
friendship between the two peoples.
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress, also met with Sevele on Friday.
Sevele started his seven-day China trip on Tuesday morning.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with him on Thursday.
Besides Beijing, Sevele will also visit Shaanxi Province in
northwest China and Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.
(Xinhua News Agency April 28, 2007)
