Beijing (TDI): Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah in Beijing on Thursday, calling on the two nations to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and strategic coordination.
Xi said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations more than 30 years ago, the two countries have continuously deepened political mutual trust, actively aligned development strategies, and achieved fruitful results in practical cooperation in different fields.
The two sides have also maintained good coordination in international and regional affairs, set an example of relationship between nations of different sizes, which features equality and mutual benefit, and made positive contributions to regional peace, stability, development and prosperity, he added.
Xi said the joint building of a China-Brunei community with a shared future conforms to the trend of the times, serves the fundamental interests of the two nations and two peoples, and opens a new chapter in bilateral ties.
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He called on the two countries to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation and strategic coordination, respect and trust each other, and always be good neighbors facing each other across the sea, good friends trusting each other, and good partners for shared development.
Xi said the two countries should enhance the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Brunei’s Wawasan 2035, and advance the two flagship projects of the Guangxi-Brunei Economic Corridor and the Hengyi Petrochemical project.
Hassanal Appreciates China’s Extraordinary Achievements
Hassanal spoke highly of China’s extraordinary achievements in maintaining sustained and rapid economic growth and lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
He said the three major global initiatives proposed by Beijing are playing major role in promoting world peace, stability and development, which demonstrates China’s sense of responsibility as a major country.
He expressed his appreciation to China for supporting Brunei’s economic diversification strategy, stating that bilateral collaboration has benefited the people of Brunei.
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Brunei firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to consolidate a strategic cooperative partnership with China to bring more benefits to the two nations, he said, adding that Brunei will strengthen political mutual trust, enhance cooperation on trade, agriculture, fishery and energy, and promote people-to-people exchanges with China.
