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Premier emphasizes China-EU partnership
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-30 14:45
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday that the comprehensive and
strategic partnership between China and the European Union is of great
significance.
The premier said this in an interview with Reuters Editor in Chief Geert
Linnebank on the eve of his tour of Germany, Belgium, Italy, Ireland and Britain
and the European Union Headquarters.
After years of efforts, China and the European Union decided to develop a
comprehensive and strategic partnership at the sixth China-EU summit. Wen will
attend the seventh summit during his European tour.
According to Premier Wen, the comprehensiveness of China-EU partnership means
a multi-tier and all-round relationship covering a wide range of areas. It
includes not only political and cultural relations, but also economic and
technological relations. It is not only bilateral but also multilateral, and it
includes both official and people-to-people exchanges.
The strategic nature of the relationship means that the relations are
long-term and stable, and transcend the differences in social systems and
ideologies, he said.
The China-EU relationship must be based on mutual trust and mutual benefit
and be aimed at a win-win outcome, he said.
"Thhis is my personal understanding of the close relationship between us and
our vision of the future China-EU relationship,"
hesaid.
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