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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>HARARE</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government will keep its all-weather friendly relationship with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> whatever happens in the future, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>Tsvangirai made the remarks when meeting visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu in the Zimbabwean capital <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Harare</st1:City></st1:place> on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>Tsvangirai said <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> is always an all-weather good friend of the Zimbabwean people. Over the past years, big progress has been made in the bilateral cooperation between <st1:country-region w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the fields such as agriculture, mining, construction and manufacture.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>"There is great potential for the two countries to tackle in infrastructural development," he said, adding that <st1:country-region w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region> will make joint efforts with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> to maintain the strong momentum in the bilateral relations to promote a smooth development of the cooperation in all economic fields.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>Tsvangirai said <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s inclusive government set up three years ago has promoted the country's economic development and social stability.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>Hui said the friendship between <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region> has been built on a firm base and that the two countries consider each other as a reliable friend and partner.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>Since the establishment of the diplomatic relations in 1980, when <st1:country-region w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region> achieved its independence from the former British colonialist, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region> have followed the principle of treating each other as trusted and equal friends to gain mutual benefits and advance the bilateral cooperation, he said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>"<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> appreciates that the inclusive government in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region> has attached great importance to the national interests and the life of local people, to the political and social stability and to the rehabilitation of economy," Hui said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang=EN-US>"I am very happy to see that all the parties in the inclusive government have shared the same consensus to develop the good relationship with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> and strengthen the current bilateral cooperation in various aspects," he added. Enditem<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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