Hu meets with Malaysia's Supreme Head of State

(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2009-11-11 07:08

President Hu Jintao (C) and his wife Liu Yongping (L) meets with Malaysian Supreme Head of State Mizan Abidin on November 10, 2009. Hu on Tuesday started his two-day visit to Malaysia. [Xinhua]

KUALA LUMPUR: The China-Malaysia relationship is now at an important stage of opening up the future and faces a new opportunity for further development, Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Tuesday evening when meeting with Malaysian Supreme Head of State Mizan Zainal Abidin.

At the welcoming banquet held by Mizan in Hu's honor, the two leaders expressed satisfaction with the good momentum in the development of bilateral ties, saying they are ready to work together to further deepen China-Malaysia cooperation so as to bring benefits to their people and make greater contribution to peace and development in the region.

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Hu said that when profound and complicated changes had taken place in the region and consequences of the international financial crisis were still keenly felt, expanding strategic cooperation between China and Malaysia is not only in the common interests of both countries, but also conducive to regional stability and prosperity.

Hu said China attaches great importance to the development of its relations with Malaysia, and is ready to work together with Malaysia to lift bilateral friendly cooperation to higher stages.

Hu said China and Malaysia are good neighbors, friends and partners and that the two peoples share long history of friendly exchanges.

Since the two countries established diplomatic ties 35 years ago, bilateral links have witnessed great progress, Hu said.

With the two countries having established a strategically cooperative relationship, political mutual trust has been continuously deepened and economic and trade cooperation has yielded remarkable results, bringing substantial benefits to the two peoples, Hu added.

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