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Highlights of Chinese president´s G20 tour
Source: Xinhua | 04-02-2009 16:01
Special Report: G20 Summit in LondonBEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are highlights of the Group of 20 (G20) tour by Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during their meeting in London, Britain, on April 1, 2009.(Xinhua/Li Xueren) |
LONDON -- Hu met with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy here Wednesday night ahead of the G20 summit scheduled for Thursday.
"Our meeting today means a new starting point for the bilateral relations, and I hope the two sides work together to usher in a new phase in Chinese-French ties," Hu said at the start of his meeting with Sarkozy.
Hu said China did not want to see "severe difficulties" that had emerged in bilateral relations a few months before.
"China appreciates France's latest move and feels happy about the restoration of bilateral relations," Hu said.
Sarkozy said no matter how France-China relations change, he believed there is only one China in the world, and that Taiwan and Tibet are alienable parts of the Chinese territories.
China and France said in a press communique issued Wednesday simultaneously by their foreign ministries that the two sides "attach great importance to China-France relations" and reiterated their adherence to the principle of non-interference in each other's internal affairs.
In the communique, France pledged not to support "Tibet independence" in any form.