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In Beinjing, Li Keqiang tells Ponta convinced visit to play important role in promoting China-Europe relations
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta was welcomed by the Prime Minister of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang on Monday during an official ceremony with military honours held in Tiananmen Square outside the Building of the Great Hall of the People.
During the ceremony, the Romanian and Chinese national anthems were played, the two senior officials walked past a guard of honour and a gun salute was shot in hounour of the Romanian guest.
Ponta and Li then had talks with the Romanian and Chinese official delegations also attending.
In the beginning of the official meeting, the Chinese premier wished the Romanian counterpart and the accompanying delegation welcome.
'The bilateral activities, including last year's visit paid by the Chinese premier to Romania play an important role in the bilateral relations for the promotion of the collaboration between China and the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) countries, between China and Europe. I am convinced your visit today will play an important role in the promotion of the Chinese-European relations and at the same time in the promotion of the relations between China and the CEE', Li stressed.
Ponta, in turn, thanked for the invitation and for the warm reception he was given in China.
'It is a great joy and a great honour to see each other less than a year since your official visit to Romania. That visit to Bucharest on the occasion of the China-Central and Eastern Europe Summit enjoyed extraordinary success and resounded throughout all the countries in the region. /..../ Our special relation with China, our interests, our political and economic collaboration has reached an extraordinarily high level at this moment. We have a special reason for joy between Romania and China. This year we celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between our two countries and I may say these are 65 years of extraordinary friendship and collaboration', the Romanian head of government underscored.
He recalled that he had visited China ten years ago as part of a youth official delegation on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bucharest and Beijing.