Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Beijing on Wednesday.
Noting that the China-New Zealand comprehensive strategic partnership has entered its second decade, Han said China attaches great importance to the development of China-New Zealand relations and is ready to work with New Zealand to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, enhance mutual understanding and promote the sustainable, sound and stable development of the China-New Zealand comprehensive strategic partnership. For his part, Peters said New Zealand attaches importance to developing relations with China and is willing to strengthen dialogue, enhance understanding and deepen economic and trade cooperation as China’s partner. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a meeting with Peters on Wednesday that the two sides should understand each other correctly, overcome differences in history, culture, geography and system, further develop friendly cooperation based on mutual respect, and become partners of mutual trust and mutual achievements. As for some specific differences, the two sides can appropriately resolve them through constructive dialogue. At the same time, Wang said the two sides should focus on mutually beneficial cooperation. China’s high-level opening-up and super-large market will continue to provide New Zealand with greater cooperation opportunities, he added.
