JAKARTA, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet)
-- Visiting senior Chinese leader Wu Guanzheng, in a meeting
with Indonesia's parliament speaker Agung Laksono here on
Tuesday, hailed an all-round development of bilateral
relations between the two countries.
Wu, a member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, told Agung that
there have been frequent exchanges of top-level visits
between the two countries in recent years and political
trust is also increasing.
Trade and economic
cooperation is expanding and bilateral relations are growing
in an all-round way, said Wu, who is also secretary of the
CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Wu arrived
in Jakarta Monday night for a good-will visit to Indonesia,
the third leg of his four-nation tour, which will also take
him to the Philippines. Wu has already visited Sri Lanka and
the Maldives.
The legislative bodies of the two
countries have also maintained close contact, the senior
Chinese leader added.
Wu thanked Indonesia for having been a
steadfast supporter of China's position on the Taiwan issue
over the years, adding that China has all along attached
importance to the development of friendly relations with
Indonesia and is ready to work together with it for steady
growth in bilateral ties.
Wu also briefed Agung
about the history of the CPC, its basic policies and main
tasks, as well as its contact and exchanges with political
parties in other countries.
Agung, speaker of the
House of Representatives, noted the smooth development of
bilateral ties in recent years and said the expansion of
friendly exchanges between the governments, politicalparties
and parliaments of the two countries has given an impetus to
the mutually beneficial cooperation in other fields.
The
further development of the good-neighborly and friendly ties
between the two countries will be conductive to peace and
stability in the region and the rest of the world, Agung
said.
Later in the day, Wu also met with a group of
leading members of the Golkar Party. The CPC is ready to
further strengthen friendly contact and exchanges with
Indonesia's political parties,including the Golkar Party, as
part of the joint efforts to push forward the development of
relations between the two countries, Wusaid. Enditem