BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has described as healthy and stable his country's relations with world powers, emerging powers as well as its neighbors and third world countries.
He made the remarks in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua, in retrospect of China's foreign policy in the past 60 years since the founding of the New China.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi during an interview with Xinhua. The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 2009.(Xinhua/Ding Lin)
This year also marks the 30th anniversary of Sino-U.S.diplomatic ties. Yang said relations between the two countries have reached unprecedented width and depth.
Soundbite (Mandarin): Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Minister "During the London Summit, Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barrack Obama held an important meeting. They decided to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relation between the two countries. It's a new positioning."
China is also active in cooperative exchanges with other emerging powers, like members of BRICs (also including Brazil, Russia and India), he said, adding China's relations with neighbors also have new features.
Soundbite (Mandarin): Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Minister "We have pursued the policy of friendship and partnership with neighbors in recent years and strengthened the economic and trade corporation with Asian countries, like Japan, India, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea and Vietnam. Trade volumes with all these countries are growing. China is their largest trade partner. And some of these countries are among the top 10 import markets of China."
On China's relationship with other developing countries, Yang said solidarity, mutual support and cooperation form the base of China's diplomacy. Soundbite (Mandarin): Chinese Foreign minister Yang Jiechi "The political and economic exchanges with African countries have ushered into a new stage. Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean region also improves constantly. "
Yang said multilateral diplomacy is the main platform for discussing and addressing key international issues. China will stick to the multilateral diplomacy and make more contribution to world peace and common development, he said.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)
