Manuel Alegre, Portugal's acting president and acting parliament speaker, met with Wang Gang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), here on Monday.
Portugal and China share a strong will to develop friendly relations, Alegre said.
China is an important country, both politically and economically, and plays an increasingly important role in the process of economic globalization, he said.
Noting China's growing influence in regional and international affairs, Alegre said a closer bilateral relationship between Portugal and China serves their common interests.
He hopes that the two countries would further strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy and culture and enhance contacts between the Portuguese parliament and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), so as to deepen the overall relationship between the two countries.
Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, said bilateral relations between the two countries have entered a new stage of development in recent years, marked by frequent high-level exchanges, growing political mutual trust, deepened economic and trade cooperation, and more active exchanges in various fields.
Wang expressed the hope that both sides would always treat bilateral ties from a strategic and long-term perspective and promote mutual understanding and mutual support on major issues. The two countries should also strive to score more achievements in bilateral exchanges and cooperation and raise their ties to a new height.
Wang said the CPPCC and the Portuguese parliament have maintained close personnel exchanges and cooperation, which has helped enhance mutual understanding and the friendship between the two peoples.
He said the CPPCC will further strengthen friendly relations with the Portuguese parliament, maintain their exchanges and cooperation at various levels, and make joint efforts to promote the all-round development of the Sino-Portuguese relations.
Wang arrived here Saturday for a visit at the invitation of the Portuguese parliament.
Source: Xinhua
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