Off the wire
• ECHR: Commercially-run Internet news portal liable for online comments  • 1st LD Writethru: U.S. stocks rebound after two-day losses  • At least 279 children killed in last 10 weeks in Yemen  • ECB foreign exchange rates of Euro to other currencies  • Feature: Asian cars take lead in Egypt's used car market  • German benchmark DAX index closes higher  • China helps Ghana boost distance learning project  • Irish economy to grow by 3.8 percent this year: central bank  • Roundup: Int'l tourism conference wraps up in Bethlehem  • U.S. fiscal deficit expected to be 6.6 pct of GDP by 2040: CBO  
You are here: 　 Home

China willing to further cooperation with Czech Republic: vice premier

Xinhua, June 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

China is willing to work with the Czech Republic to expand areas of cooperation and lift bilateral ties to new stages, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong has said.

Liu made the remarks while meeting with Bohuslav Sobotka, prime minister of the Czech Republic, on Monday in Prague.

The vice premier said the "Belt and Road" initiatives will offer new, important opportunities for the development of Sino-Czech ties.

She urged both sides to take advantage of the cooperation platform between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and lift China-CEEC cooperation to a new level in the process of jointly advancing the construction of "Belt and Road."

Sobotka said his country considers deepening friendly cooperation with China as a priority target of its foreign policies and is willing to advance exchanges and cooperation with China in trade, technology, transport, environmental protection, healthcare, sports and films and television, etc.

Moreover, he said the Czech side appreciates China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiatives, which is good for promoting common development of the countries along the "Belt and Road," and his country is willing to actively participate in the process. Endit