Speaker of Parliament, Filimone Jitoko has met the Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing on Friday.
Chinese media reports that Mr Han said China was willing to work with Fiji to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, carry forward the traditional friendship and jointly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.
China is ready to work with Fiji to deepen political mutual trust and firmly support each other’s core interests and major concerns, Han said.
He also called for more cooperation outcomes to promote the sustained and healthy development of China-Fiji relations.
Mr Jitoko said adhering to the one-China principle is the cornerstone of Fiji-China relations.
He added Fiji highly appreciates the major initiatives and ideas put forward by China and is willing to continuously enhance political mutual trust with China, promote cooperation in such fields as infrastructure, poverty reduction and tourism, and deepen exchanges between legislative bodies and governments of the two countries.
