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Xinhuanet, Beijing, September 8 (reporter Bai Jie)-8th State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing with the United States National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice hold talks.

Yang said that in July this year, the Chinese President with President Obama on the phone, the two heads of State agreed to continue to promote the construction of a new type of relations between China and. Sixth round of Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue and the fifth round of Sino-American cultural exchange high-level consultations to achieve important results. The next phase, the two sides should earnestly implement the important consensus between the two Presidents, and continuously enhance strategic mutual trust, strengthen pragmatic cooperation and exchanges in all areas, regulatory differences and sensitive issues properly, and ensure that Sino-US relations that do not conflict are not confrontation, mutual respect, cooperation and win-win direction of healthy development. China welcomes President Obama in November to attend the APEC informal leadership meeting and visit to China, is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with the United States to ensure the visit a success. There are a number of important contacts and consultations in the near future and hopes the two sides to work together to promote positive results.

Rice said the US-China relationship the United States is very important. The US prioritization of us-China relations, and hopes to continue to maintain high-level dialogue with China, on a wide range of issues relating to bilateral, regional and global for comprehensive, in-depth discussions and work together to build a new type of relations between the United States, in line with the interests of both the United States, but also serve the interests of the international community. President Barack Obama is looking forward to November of this year to attend the APEC informal leadership meeting and visit and believe that this visit will become an important milestone in the development of us-China relations.

The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in economy and trade, anti-terrorism, military, cultural and other fields and cooperation to accelerate talks on a bilateral investment agreement. Both sides agree, the two countries should be on climate change, food security, the fight against the Ebola epidemic, to enhance coordination and cooperation on issues such as peacekeeping.

Both sides also on the current international situation, the DPRK nuclear, Iran nuclear, Afghanistan, the Middle East, an in-depth exchange of views on such issues, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expounded China's principled stance.

(Edit: SN117)
20:20 on September 08, 2014
Xinhua NET