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China, US reach broad consensus in strategic dialogue
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-16 16:37 Negroponte said the US side is heartened by the development of US-China relations in political, economic, cultural, educational and military aspects over the last three decades, which witnessed the establishment of sound contacts between the leadership of the two countries, the unprecedented vigorous two-way trade and commerce, the deepening exchange between the two peoples and fruitful cooperation on the international stage. He noted that the US-China relations have brought concrete benefits to the peoples of the two countries and people in the rest of the world as well, and more and more Americans now support the development of US-China relations. Negroponte said that US-China relations, which have become one of the most important bilateral relations in the world, need to be steadily handled and be fostered with great care by both countries. He reaffirmed that the United States will always stick to its one China policy. Dai and Negroponte agreed that at a time when the world is undergoing a lot of profound changes, the two countries need to forge greater cooperation to jointly deal with the international financial crisis, climate change, terrorism, nonproliferation, energy security and other challenges, so as to promote global peace, stability and development. They also agreed that since its creation three years ago, the China-US strategic dialogue mechanism has become a platform for sound communications on in-depth, strategic and important issues in bilateral relations, and it has contributed to enhancing mutual understanding and strategic trust, promoting bilateral cooperation in all fields and accumulating valuable experience. Both sides believe the two countries should make efforts to safeguard and develop the China-US strategic dialogue mechanism and further top its potential to push forward China-US relations. The China-US strategic dialogue mechanism was launched in August 2005 in accordance with consensus of the heads of state of the two countries.
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