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Highlights of premier's activities at UN

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-09-24 19:03

BEIJING -- The following are the highlights of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's activities at the United Nations headquarters and in New York on Thursday:

UNITED NATIONS -- Wen met with U.S. President Barack Obama here on Thursday, focusing on bilateral ties and regional and world issues and calling for more cooperation.

China and the United States can deepen their cooperation on significant international affairs and major regional issues as well as on efforts to handle global financial woes and climate change, Wen said.

He said China and the United States could forge an even closer and wider-ranging trade and financial relationship.

The common interests of the two countries far outweigh their differences, Wen said.

UNITED NATIONS -- Wen delivered a speech at the annual high-level debate of the United Nations General Assembly, saying China remains a developing country and will stick to the path of peaceful development for the common good of mankind.

China has enjoyed over 30 years of fast growth, but its further development faces energy, resources and environmental constraints, the premier noted in his speech, titled "Getting to Know the Real China."

"Taken as a whole, China is still in the primary stage of socialism and remains a developing country. These are our basic national conditions. This is the real China," said Wen.

In the coming decades, China will continue to move forward along the path of reform and opening-up and peaceful development, and there is no reason whatsoever for China to deviate from it, Wen added.

UNITED NATIONS -- Wen called for greater efforts to realize common security and build lasting peace in the world in a speech to UN Security Council summit here.

Wen said UN member nations should take collective action to meet current complex security threats and other challenges.

Although the international security situation was stable in general, he said, increasing instability and uncertain factors remained in the world.

In his speech, "Realize Common Security, Build Lasting Peace," Wen said the UN Security Council, as a core collective security mechanism, should step up efforts and play a greater role in keeping international peace and security.

NEW YORK -- Wen said political and strategic mutual trust is the key to the further development of China-U.S. relations during his meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton here.

Wen said such a trust is the prerequisite and guarantee for the further growth of their bilateral relations. He noted that China-U.S. relations are currently at a crucial juncture, but on the whole, their common interests outweigh differences and disagreements.

He said both sides should enhance further development of their bilateral ties by strengthening dialogs and broadening cooperation. He expressed the hope that Clinton could continue to play an active role in promoting China-U.S. relations.

NEW YORK -- Wen met with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov here on the sidelines of a series of United Nations meetings.

During the meeting, Wen said China and Bulgaria have traditional friendship, and that bilateral ties have weathered various tests and are now faced with new opportunities for development.

Both sides should further expand contacts and communication at all levels, enhance mutual trust and consolidate the political basis of bilateral ties, Wen said.

NEW YORK -- Wen left New York for home after winding up a tightly scheduled three-day visit here.

Wen arrived in New York Tuesday evening for the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the general debate of the 65th session of the U.N. General Assembly, a summit of the UN Security Council member states and a high-level discussion panel on AIDS and MDGs.