Macedonia would unswervingly adhere to one China policy and push
the friendly cooperation between the two countries in all fields to
a new level, Macedonian leaders said on Monday.
Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski and the country's Prime
Minister Nikola Gruevski expressed the same opinion when they held
separate talks with a visiting delegation of the Communist Party of
China (CPC).
"Macedonia attaches great importance to advancing bilateral
relations with China. It would unswervingly stick to its one China
policy and strengthen its friendly cooperation with China in all
fields," the two leaders told the delegation, led by Wang Jiarui,
head of the International Department of the CPC central
committee.
Wang spoke highly of the bilateral relations between the two
countries and their political parties, saying that contacts between
the two countries' political parties have become an important
component in the bilateral relations.
"The Communist Party of China would like to strengthen its
friendly cooperation with Macedonian political parties to make
joint efforts to push the relationship between the two countries
towards a healthy, stable and all-round development," Wang
said.
Gruevski said that the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary
Organization-Democratic Party of Macedonian National Unity
(VMRO-DPMNE), which he chairs, pays close attention to China's
achievements in economic construction.
"Our party would like to deepen the cooperation between the two
parties, and to learn from the experiences that the Communist Party
of China has accumulated in ruling the party and governing the
country," Gruevski said.
Macedonia is the third leg on the delegation's five-country tour
in Asia and Europe. They came to Macedonia after visits to
Tajikistan and Georgia. The trip will also take them to Albania and
Turkmenistan.
(Xinhua News Agency September 4, 2007)
