Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, met with President of the Republic of Mozambique Daniel Francisco Chapo in Beijing on Tuesday.
Zhao said China is willing to work with Mozambique, under the guidance of the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, to carry forward traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and fully implement the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
China stands ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Mozambique between legislative bodies, share experience in areas such as reform and development, rule of law construction and rural revitalization, and provide impetus for the development of their respective countries, Zhao added.
Chapo said Mozambique firmly adheres to the one-China principle, actively supports the four major global initiatives proposed by China, and is willing to strengthen practical cooperation with China, promote exchanges between the two countries' legislative bodies and promote the development of bilateral relations.
China's top legislator meets Mozambican president on relations
The traditional friendship between China and Mozambique has transcended time and space, said President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday when holding talks with visiting President of the Republic of Mozambique Daniel Francisco Chapo.
"The traditional friendship between China and Mozambique has transcended through history and across mountains and oceans. Over 600 years ago, China's navigator Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) led a fleet to the Mozambican coast. In the 1960s and 1970s, despite its own great difficulties, China firmly supported the Mozambican people in their struggle for national independence and liberation. The two sides forged deep revolutionary feelings that laid a solid foundation for bilateral friendship," Xi said.
At the invitation of President Xi, President Chapo is on a state visit to China from April 16 to 21. It is the Mozambican president's first visit to China since he took office.
Chapo arrived in Beijing on Monday after visiting central China's Hunan Province and northwest China's Qinghai Province.
"The people of Mozambique and China share brotherly bonds. Our visit to China is in response to the series of important initiatives and proposals you have put forward, including the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, the Global Governance Initiative, as well as the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity. These important ideas are driving the world toward sustained progress, and China is playing a very important role [in these areas]," Chapo said during the talks.
China-Mozambique traditional friendship transcends time, space: Xi
