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Lu Yongxiang Meets with Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament


2005/08/15


On August 15, 2005, Lu Yongxiang, Special Envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China and President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), met with Speaker Omurbek Tekebayev of the Kyrgyz Parliament in Bishkek.

Lu conveyed the cordial greetings from Chairman Wu Bangguo of the Standing Committee of the NPC to Tekebayev. Lu said that to develop the good neighborly and friendly relations is a set policy of the Chinese government. The two countries have completely resolved the boundary question left over by history. Both sides have deepened mutual political trust, reinforced mutually beneficial cooperation in the areas of economy and trade, transportation and telecommunications, maintained closer collaboration within the United Nations (UN), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and other international organizations and scored effective results in combating the "three forces" and maintaining regional security and stability. China thinks highly of Kyrgyzstan's resolute support of China on the questions of Taiwan, Tibet and combating "East Turkistan" terrorist forces and will as always support the efforts by Kyrgyzstan to maintain state independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and to develop national economy. Lu noted that the NPC of China would like to strengthen exchanges and cooperation at various levels with the Kyrgyz parliament, enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the people of the two countries and contribute to pushing for progress of the bilateral relations.

Tekebayev indicated that the two peoples have been living in neighborhood for generations and their friendship goes back to ancient times. Kyrgyzstan attaches great importance to developing the relations with China and deems China a friendly partner. Kyrgyzstan thanks China for constantly supporting its efforts to develop economy, combat the "three forces" and maintain regional stability. Both sides have safeguarded common interest through close collaboration on the international arena. In terms of the questions related to Taiwan, Tibet and fighting against "East Turkistan" terrorist forces, Kyrgyzstan will continue to unswervingly support China. The Kyrgyz parliament will strengthen cooperation with the NPC of China to jointly push for the progress of bilateral relations.


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