Senior Chinese party official meets Venezuelan National Assembly president
28/3/2007 15:04
Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC),
held talks yesterday with Venezuelan National Assembly President Cilia Flores on
enhancing exchanges between the two nations' legislatures.
Li highlighted the
important role of the two legislatures in deepening the friendship between the
two peoples and promoting bilateral cooperation.
He said the National
People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen exchanges with Venezuela's
National Assembly in order that both nations continue to learn from each
other.
Li exchanged views on Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on
pushing forward the bilateral strategic partnership and developing the consensus
reached by the two presidents.
Li mentioned the talks, saying that he and
Chavez agreed that bilateral, mutually beneficial cooperation now faces great
opportunities and enjoys bright prospects.
Flores said that Sino-Venezuelan
relations are currently enjoying their best period of development in history,
adding that the Venezuelan National Assembly supports enhancing exchanges
between the two legislatures, and will learn from China's legislature.
Li is
the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Venezuela since the visit by
Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong in 2005.
Li, a member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, left Caracas for
Suriname on Tuesday morning.
Venezuela is Li's second stop on his five-nation
tour that will also take him to Peru and Samoa, an island nation in the Pacific.
The tour began in Mexico last week.
Xinhua
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