Sanya (China): Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Myanmar counterpart U Thein Sein have held talks in China’s southern city of Sanya and pledged to boost the “all-round” cooperation between the two countries.
“The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views and reached broad consensus on relations between the two countries as well as regional and international issues of common interest,” said a joint press communique after their talks Friday.
China and Myanmar should enhance strategic mutual trust, and conduct win-win cooperation for common development, which will lay a solid foundation for advancing the fundamental interests of the two peoples and for achieving lasting stability and prosperity of the region, reported Xinhua citing the communique.
During the talks, U Thein Sein invited Xi to visit Myanmar and the Chinese president expressed his willingness to visit Myanmar “at a mutually convenient time”.
“The two sides will maintain the tradition of high-level visits,” said the communique, adding that the frequent contacts between the leaders of the two countries will help to enhance strategic communication and take China-Myanmar relations forward in the right direction.
The two countries will enhance their friendly exchanges and cooperation in all areas, including parliaments, governments, political parties, militaries and law-enforcement departments and on governance matters, said the document. (IANS)