Follow-Up: China's Foreign Ministry Sums Up Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker's Visit, With Three Cooperation Documents Signed
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, summing up Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker's visit to China at a regular press conference in Beijing on November 9, said the visit, held in the 55th anniversary year of China-Austria diplomatic ties, was a success, and that the two countries' premiers jointly witnessed the signing of three cooperation documents covering areas including trade and social security.
Guo said Stocker attended the ninth China International Import Expo during the visit, a highlight of the anniversary celebrations. While in Beijing, President Xi Jinping met with him, and Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji each held talks or a meeting with him.
The two sides' leaders exchanged views in depth on China-Austria and China-Europe relations and on international and regional issues of common concern, Guo said, agreeing to carry forward their traditional friendship, respect each other's core interests, keep up the momentum of high-level exchanges, and deepen practical, mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, culture, science and technology, and local exchanges based on mutual trust, while strengthening coordination in multilateral forums including the U.N. Security Council and jointly supporting multilateralism.
Guo added that the three cooperation documents signed during the visit laid a solid foundation for bilateral exchanges and offered a positive example for China and Europe to uphold their partnership and tap cooperation potential. GSM previously reported that Stocker paid an official visit to China from November 2 to 7, and that Xi met him at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于维也纳 Ballhausplatz 的奥地利联邦总理府（资料图）。照片：Manfred Werner（Tsui），CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Austrian Federal Chancellery at Ballhausplatz in Vienna (file photo). Photo by Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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