China's top legislator Zhao Leji held talks with vising Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili in Beijing on Monday to discuss relations between their two countries.
During the talks, Zhao, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and Georgia's leaders, the two countries have established a strategic partnership, and bilateral relations have entered a fast lane of high-quality and all-round development.
China is willing to work with Georgia to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, and to keep enriching the connotation of the China-Georgia strategic partnership, Zhao said.
Expressing his thanks to Georgia for its long-term support of China's position on issues related to Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Hong Kong and human rights, Zhao said China will, as always, support Georgia in following a development path that is independently chosen by its people and that suits its national conditions.
Georgia is one of the first countries to respond to and participate in the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. China is willing to work with Georgia to adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, expand cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, the digital economy and green energy, deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and strengthen cooperation in areas such as education, culture, tourism and youth, so as to enhance multilateral collaboration and practice true multilateralism, Zhao said.
China's NPC is willing to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the Parliament of Georgia, enhance friendly exchanges among special committees, bilateral friendship groups, NPC deputies and lawmakers, and carry out exchanges and mutual learning on issues such as legislation, supervision work, sustainable development and ecological civilization construction, so as to create a favorable legal environment for bilateral practical cooperation, Zhao said.
He also briefed on the outline of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national socioeconomic development and the National Development Planning Law.
Papuashvili said the Georgian side firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and is willing to work with China to promote continuous development of the strategic partnership between the two countries and jointly safeguard international law and the international order.
Georgia is willing to actively participate in joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen cooperation in various fields such as the economy, trade and culture, he said.
The Parliament of Georgia is willing to deepen friendly exchanges with China's NPC, enhance the public opinion foundation for friendship between the two countries, and make contributions of the legislative body to promoting the development of relations between Georgia and China.
China's top legislator holds talks with Georgian parliament speaker on relations
