China, US hold first strategic dialogue
(China Daily/Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-02 06:09

China and the United States held their first strategic dialogue yesterday and agreed to increase co-operation and constructive relations.

Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick meet prior to the first Sino-US strategic dialogue in Beijing yesterday. [Xinhua]

The closed-door dialogue, the first senior-level meeting of its kind between the two countries, was co-chaired by Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, who arrived in Beijing on Sunday.

During a full day of discussions starting at 9 am, both sides exchanged views in a candid and in-depth manner, according to a Foreign Ministry press release.

Both sides agreed the dialogue was helpful and constructive in improving mutual understanding.

The two sides reiterated that the long-term, healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations is in the interests of both nations and peoples.

Maintaining and expanding co-operation between China and the United States is of great significance to promoting peace, stability and development of the Asia-Pacific region and the world both at present and in the future, it said.

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