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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China and Singapore should deepen political trust and consolidate ties.


Xi made the remarks when meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing.


The president said maintaining high-level contact was a fine tradition established by the older generation of leaders Kyle Quincey Jersey , which showed the close relationship between the two countries.


He said he believed that Lee's visit would deepen traditional friendship and promote greater development for cooperation.


Deepening political trust and relations not only conforms to the interests of the two countries and their people, but also contributes to regional and world peace, stability and prosperity, he said.


Xi said that the two sides should adhere to mutual understanding and respect and show support for each other's core interests and major concerns.


China and Singapore hold similar positions and share broad common interests in economic globalization, free trade and investment, he said.


He said he hoped that the two sides could synergize their development strategies and give full play to the role of the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation.


Xi said the two countries should continue people-to-people exchanges to carry forward their traditional friendship.

　　Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 20, 2017. (XinhuaXie Huanchi)

Noting that the Belt and Road Initiative was the priority of bilateral cooperation, Xi said he hoped that the two sides could center on infrastructure connectivity projects and promote the participation of regional countries in the creation of a new trade route.


Lee said he fully agreed with Xi's position on bilateral ties.


He said Singapore had stuck to the one-China policy, opposed "Taiwan independence" and hoped for a stable and prosperous China.


Singapore hopes for closer cooperation with China in the fields of infrastructure, interconnectivity and human resources, Lee said.


He agreed to align Singapore's development strategy with China to bring more benefit to the two peoples.


Singapore supports the Belt and Road Initiative and the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, he said. Singapore is ready to promote regional and world development and help to expedite China-ASEAN cooperation, he added.


The two sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common concern.


China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang and Wang Qishan, head of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, also met with Lee on Wednesday.


Zhang, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, said the NPC expected to cement exchanges with Singapore's legislative body to offer a sound legal and institutional environment for cooperation.


Wang briefed Lee about the CPC's efforts in strict Party governance, as well as China's anti-corruption campaign.


Lee is paying an official visit to China from Tuesday to Thursday.

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