Bulgaria will further step up parliamentary exchanges and
bilateral cooperation with China, National Assembly President
Georgi Pirinski said Friday in a meeting with a senior official of
the Communist Party of China (CPC).
In talks with Li Changchun, a member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
Pirinski said it was the accepted policy of Bulgaria's major
political parties to develop friendly cooperative relations with
China, to stick to the one-China principle and to strengthen
coordination with China in international affairs.
He said Bulgaria would further strengthen parliamentary
exchanges with China and boost bilateral cooperation in economic,
social and other fields.
Li, who is on a four-nation tour which also includes Uzbekistan,
Switzerland and Norway, said that China saw Bulgaria as an
important partner and a reliable friend.
The bilateral relations have been developing smoothly over more
than half a century, featuring political trust, economic
cooperation and mutual support in international affairs, Li
said.
The Chinese official also vowed to step up exchanges between
China's National People's Congress and Bulgaria's National
Assembly, as well as to boost trade and economic cooperation.
(Xinhua News Agency June 10, 2006)
